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Carol Helwig, right, with Boulder County Public Health, talks with Teresa Gatton of Stericycle as Gatton collects syringes from Helwig's office.
Carol Helwig, right, with Boulder County Public Health, talks with Teresa Gatton of Stericycle as Gatton collects syringes from Helwig’s office.
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Boulder County’s syringe exchange program — an informal agreement between local law enforcement and Boulder County Public Health not to arrest drug users who come in and swap used syringes for safe and clean drug paraphernalia — dates back 22 years.

On Monday, the Boulder County Board of Health made that agreement official when it gave formal approval to the county’s long-standing syringe exchange, making it the first approved program of its kind in Colorado.

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