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Access: Drug User Health Program

By
  • AIDS Action Committee
  • Free

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    This is a state-sanctioned drop-in center supporting people who inject drugs and their network to reduce health risks by providing risk reduction supplies, referrals, and counseling.

    No application or registration needed.

    Cost

    This Program is free!

    Location

    • In-person only.

    AAC Cambridge Office

    359 Green Street
    Cambridge, MA 02139
    Maraykanka

    Neighborhood
  • Cambridgeport

    Dates and Times

    This is an ongoing program.

  • Monday through Friday.
  • Needle exchange and supply pickup hours: 

    • Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri: from 9am – 12pm; 1pm – 4pm
    • Thursdays from 9am – 12pm.

    Additional information

     As of September 1, Fenway Health/AAC is operating the needle exchange as “one person in, one person out” model to allow people to come inside for up to 10 minutes to get supplies.. You will be able to pick up new supplies, drop off old supplies, and grab Narcan! Please note that your MUST wear a mask (we will give you one if you don’t have one) and answer some COVID-19 screening questions before entering.

     

    Outreach services also offered on Mondays (Alewife, Porter, Davis); Wednesdays (Central, Harvard); and Fridays (Alewife, Malden).

    Contacts

    Aids Action Committee Access

    Cambridge Needle Exchange

    857-313-6800

    Aids Action Committee Access Outreach

    Outreach Line

    617-470-0994

    Aids Action Committee

    Cambridge Office Main Line

    617-267-0900

    You can also send texts to our outreach line!

    Free

    AAC logo.

    Aids Action Committee Access

    Cambridge Needle Exchange

    857-313-6800
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    This is an ongoing program.

  • Monday through Friday.
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    Last updated November 23, 2020.