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Drug contamination is “a huge problem,” but there is probably more intentional mingling of drugs than is reported because “certain substances are more stigmatized than others,” said Meghan Hynes, a harm reduction consultant in Los Angeles...
LA Times
June 24th, 2023
Manager Meghan Hynes urges everyone to carry naloxone, the drug that reverses an overdose. Hynes uses her own kit every few weeks...
NPR's On Point
February 17th 2017
It’s a Valentine’s Day party at the Needle Exchange and Overdose Prevention program in Cambridge. Amid cookies and soda and sentimental rhymes, Hynes, who manages the program, wants to squeeze in a little education...
WBUR
April 4th, 2017
Needle exchanges are an important linchpin that connect injection drug users with health services, including HIV and hepatitis C testing, says Meghan Hynes, who manages the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts’ needle exchange program in Cambridge.
Boston Magazine
August 11th, 2015
Meghan Hynes, an outreach volunteer and board member with the Sidewalk Project, which works in Skid Row, said she often urges people who are going to use drugs to let someone know beforehand...
LA Times
May 12th, 2023
The Cambridge needle exchange, for example, refers two or three clients a day into treatment, Hynes said. The programs also provide such services as support groups, training in recognizing and reversing an overdose....
Boston Globe
January 4th, 2016
In what began as her culminating experience at the School of Public Health, supervised by Assistant Professor of Global Health Jennifer Beard, Hynes compared three countries across the spectrum of sex work policy.
BUSPH
July, 2016
Questions on HIV status and the most recent HCV test are a way of learning about whether a client can regularly access health care and the options available for treatment, Ms. Hynes said...
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
December 5th, 2015
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Meghan possesses the invaluable combination of an evaluator's mind coupled with a direct service provider's street smarts and comfort in dealing with a variety of personalities. These attributes allow her to be incredibly effective not only in communicating with agency leadership, line staff, and consumers of services but also in developing solutions that address the needs of these often disparate perspectives. Working with her has made a measurable/tangible improvement in our organization's ability to meet the needs of our community and measure its impact.
- Eric Sutter, Shanti Project
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