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program, is a social service that allows injecting drug users to obtain hypodermic needles and
WHEREAS, a public health threat is posed to residents and public employees by the
needles have been reported throughout the United States, including in San Diego, Seattle, and
in June 2018 to discontinue Orange County’s two-year-old needle exchange program after
experiencing a sharp increase in discarded needles in public places and instances of public
WHEREAS, in 2017, an elementary school student in Orem was pricked by a used needle
WHEREAS, a Utah County needle exchange program would likely further endanger our
communities and sacrifice the safety of our residents and public employees; and
WHEREAS, the facilitation of a needle exchange program by Utah County would risk
1. its opposition to the establishment of a Utah County needle exchange program due to
the safety and liability risks that such a program would pose to Utah County, and
2. that Utah County resources shall not be used to facilitate the creation or operation of
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Nathan Ivie, Chair
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William C. Lee, Vice Chair
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Greg Graves, Commissioner
ATTEST:
Bryan E. Thompson
Utah County Clerk/Auditor
By: ________________________
Deputy
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Jeffrey R. Buhman
Utah County Attorney
By: ________________________
Deputy