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Meta Data Name: Syringe Services Laws
Date Added: Febrary 23, 2021
Author: Qinyun Lin
Date Last Modified: January 3, 2024
Last Modified By: Wataru Morioka

Theme:

Policy

Data Location:

You can find the variables described in this document in the CSV files here.

CSV files are organized by year and spatial scale. For example, county-level variables from 2000 will be found in C_2000.csv.
Note: Every variable can be found in the Latest files.

Data Source(s) Description:

Variables were obtained from Table 1 (August 1, 2019) in Fernández-Viña MH, Prood NE, Herpolsheimer A, Waimberg J, Burris S. State Laws Governing Syringe Services Programs and Participant Syringe Possession, 2014-2019. Public Health Reports. 2020;135:128S-137S. doi:10.1177/0033354920921817

See Comments/Notes section below for where to find more detailed variables regarding syringe related policies.

Description of Data Processing:

The following variables were included from the source data:

  1. Law explicitly authorzies SSPs;
  2. No state drug paraphernalia law;
  3. State law does not prohibit free distribution of syringes;
  4. Paraphernalia definition explicitly exludes objects used for injecting drugs;
  5. Paraphernalia definition does not refer to objects used for injecting drugs;
  6. No state law removing barriers or uncertainty as to SSP legality;

Key Variable and Definitions:

  • Variable -- title of variable
  • Variable ID -- exact name of variable in datasets
  • Description -- Short description of variable
  • Years Available -- years for which data exists for this variable
  • Spatial Scale -- the variable exists for these levels of spatial scale
Variable Variable ID in .csv Description Years Available Spatial Scale
Law explicitly authorzies SSPs ExpSsp Dummy variable indicating whether the state has law that explicitly authorizes Syringe Service Programs (0=no, 1=yes) Latest State
No state drug paraphernalia law NoPrphLw Dummy variable indicating whether the state has no state drug paraphernalia law (0=no, 1=yes) Latest State
State law does not prohibit free distribution of syringes NtPrFrDsSy Dummy variable indicating whether the state law does not prohibit free distribution of syringes (0=no, 1=yes) Latest State
Paraphernalia definition explicitly exludes objects used for injecting drugs PrExcInj Dummy variable indicating whether the paraphernalia definition in the state law explicitly exludes objects used for injecting drugs (0=no, 1=yes) Latest State
Paraphernalia definition does not refer to objects used for injecting drugs PrNtRefInj Dummy variable indicating whether the paraphernalia definition in the state law does not refer to objects used for injecting drugs (0=no, 1=yes) Latest State
No state law removing barriers or uncertainty as to SSP legality NoLwRmUnc Dummy variable indicating whether the state has no law removing barriers or uncertainty as to SSP legality (0=no, 1=yes) Latest State

Data Limitations:

N/A

Comments/Notes:

The variables included here are very high-level and for August 1, 2019. For more detailed and longitudinal data, we recommend the following datasets from LawAtlas:

  1. Syringe Possesssion Laws from 2012 to 2017
  2. Syringe Distribution Laws from 2012 to 2017
  3. Syringe Service Program Laws, 2019