ROCHESER - The Rochester City Council got some hard pushback on Tuesday to a proposed change in a Syringe Service Program that would reduce the needle exchange formula to a one to one basis.Members of the New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition including former Rochester city councilor Ashleigh Desrocher spoke passionately about the life and death dangers of only a 1-1 needle exchange rate. "If we do this people will die," she said during a public hearing on the proposed ordinance change.Desroche...
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'If we do this people will die:' Health advocates rip city on 1:1 syringe swap proposal
May 20, 2026 at 09:55 am by Harrison
Ashleigh Desrocher, a former city councilor and member of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition speaks to the City Council about the dangers of only a 1=1 needle exchange (City of Rochester screenshot)
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