Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Landry
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 6, 2002PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
In 1993, the Legislature authorized the Department of Public Health (department) to implement a pilot needle exchange program in cities and towns that grant local approval.1 See G.L. c. 111, § 215, inserted by St. 1993, c. 110, § 148. Participants in such a program may exchange used syringes and hypodermic needles for sterile ones at program locations and may gain access to a variety of drug treatment, counselling, and health care services. At the same time it established the pilot needle exchange program, the Legislature amended G. L. c. 94C, § 27, which prohibits the possession of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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