Discussion erupts on how to make Santa Cruz better considering the amount of used needles found littering residential areas, and balancing this with a need for a needle exchange in the city.

The Front Street location where the Santa Cruz needle exchange used to operate is now a meeting site for Alcoholics Anonymous. After 14 years of operating, the Drop-In Center closed in September 2009. By the last two weeks of September, Street Outreach Supporters (SOS) was already making home deliveries, and by October was exchanging needles [...]