State gives OK to Orange County mobile syringe exchange program, over local objections

A mobile needle exchange program universally opposed by the county and four affected cities was approved this week by the California Department of Public Health.
State officials decided Monday to let the Orange County Needle Exchange Program operate for two years starting Monday, Aug. 6, according to an email and letter from the department.
Supporters say such programs help reduce the spread of diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C, and are often the only regular contact injection drug users