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Challenges Inc SC - Drug User Health
Keeping people who use drugs safe in South Carolina is our foundation. We support the right for people to have safer supplies and access to low barrier healthcare to minimize risks associated with injection drug use. Our mobile unit travels all over the Upstate of SC. Visit our Services page to learn more about our syringe program in South Carolina or visit the Locations page to find us.
Our Services
- Syringe Service
- Overdose Prevention
- Safer Smoking
- HIV/HCV Testing
- Linkage to Care
- Safer Sex Supplies
- Harm Reduction Mail Service
- Community Needle Pick Up
- Drug User Health Advocacy
- Harm Reduction Training
Community Benefits
Increased access to treatment
Participants of an SSP are five times more likely to enter into treatment.
Decreased rates of substance use
Participants of an SSP are three times more likely to stop using drugs.
Overdose prevention
SSP's are the most effective at distributing naloxone and other overdose prevention tools.
Public safety
Communities with SSP's experience fewer needle sticks due to proper disposal practices.
Reduction in infectious disease
SSPs are associated with an estimated 50% reduction in HIV and hepatitis C incidence.
Cost of healthcare
There is an estimated return of $7.58 for every dollar spent on syringe service programs.
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