Increased access to unrestricted pharmacy sales of syringes in Seattle-King County, Washington: Structural and individual-level changes, 1996 versus 2003

R.J. Deibert, G. Goldbaum, T.R. Parker, H. Hagan, R. Marks, M. Hanrahan and H. Thiede

American Journal of Public Health, 2006, vol. 96, issue 8, 1347-1353

Abstract: We examined pharmacists' attitudes and practices related to syringe sales to injection drug users before and after legal reform and local programming to enhance sterile syringe access. We replicated a 1996 study by conducting pharmacist phone surveys and syringe test-buys in randomly selected pharmacies. Test-buy success increased from 48% in 1996 to 65% in 2003 (P=.04). Pharmacists agreeing that syringes should be available to injection drug users through pharmacy purchase increased from 49% to 71% (P

Date: 2006
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