Mission and public details
TACOMA NEEDLE EXCHANGE is THE FIRST LEGALLY SANCTIONED SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM (SEP) IN THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS FOUNDED BY DAVE PURCHASE, A DRUG and ALCOHOL COUNSELOR, IN AUGUST 1988 IN RESPONSE to THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC. TACOMA NEEDLE EXCHANGE WAS INCORPORATED AS THE POINT DEFIANCE AIDS PROJECTS (PDAP), A NOT-FOR- PROFIT 501 (C)(3) ON DECEMBER 5, 1988. IN 1993, to MEET THE NEEDS of A NASCENT US HARM REDUCTION MOVEMENT, PDAP EXPANDED NATIONALLY and FORMED THE NORTH AMERICAN SYRINGE EXCHANGE NETWORK (NASEN) to PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, LOW COST, HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES to SEPS THROUGHOUT THE US. IN AUGUST 2018, ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY of ITS FOUNDING, POINT DEFIANCE AIDS PROJECTS FORMALLY CHAN…
- Organization
- DAVE PURCHASE PROJECT
- EIN
- 91-1435394
- Address
- 535 DOCK ST STE 113, TACOMA, WA, 98402-4629
- County
- Pierce
- Tax category
- Voluntary Health Organizations
- NTEE classification
- G81Z
- Organization website
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