I could take the judgment if you could just provide the service: non-prescription syringe purchase experience at Arizona pharmacies, 2018.
Beth E MeyersonCarrie A LawrenceSummer Dawn CopeSteven LevinChristopher ThomasLori Ann EldridgeHaley B ColesNina VadieiAmy KennedyPublished in: Harm reduction journal (2019)
Non-prescription syringe sales in community pharmacies are a missed opportunity to improve the health of PWID by reducing syringe sharing and reuse. Yet, current pharmacy syringe sales refusal and stigmatization by staff suggest that pharmacy-level interventions will be necessary to impact pharmacy practice. Lack of access to sterile syringes reinforces health risk behaviors among PWID. Retail syringe sales at pharmacies remain an important, yet barrier-laden, element of a comprehensive public health response to reduce HIV and hepatitis C among PWID. Future studies should test multilevel evidence-based interventions to decrease staff discrimination and stigma and increase syringe sales.
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