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8/14/2018 Orange County Health Dept. takes needle exchange program public | News & Observer <br />https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/article90175387.html 1/8 <br />CHAPEL HILL NEWS <br />Health Dept. sets up used needle drop, offers clean <br />ones <br />HILLSBOROUGH — <br />BY TAMMY GRUBB <br />tgrubb@newsobserver.com <br />July 20, 2016 03:53 AM <br />Updated July 20, 2016 08:34 AM <br />The Orange County Health Department has been quietly exchanging needles <br />for drug users and diabetic patients since April. <br />The Safe Syringe Program only became official when Gov. Pat McCrory signed a new state law <br />July 11 outlining the requirements under which local agencies could offer needle, or syringe, <br />exchanges.