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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 Jun 29;202:13–17. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.04.025

Table 2.

Number of Syringes Disposed in the Past 30 days as reported by People Who Inject Drugs in Miami Pre (2008) and Post (2018) implementation of SSP

Disposal Location Pre-SSP (%) Post-SSP (%)
Public Place 4,689 (45.2) 4,095 (13.0)
Selling/giving away 675 (6.5) 1,301 (4.1)
Trash 4,004 (38.6) 2,356 (7.5)
Syringe Service Program 0 (0.0) 17,914 (57.0)
Hospital or clinic 200 (1.9) 128 (0.4)
Pharmacy 0 (0.0) 8 (0.03)
Sharps container 334 (3.2) 5,029 (16.0)
Sewer/manhole 234 (2.2) 0 (0)
Flush down the toilet 163 (1.6) 208 (0.7)
Other 80 (0.8) 373 (1.2)
Total syringes improperly disposed 9,845 (94.9) 7,960 (25.3)
Total syringes disposed 10,379 31,412