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Seymour’s Trish Whitcomb has announced plans to run for House District Seat 69.

With the needle exchange closed, he says many drug users won’t be connected with services that have connected them with testing and recovery services.

Six years ago, Scott County became the first place in the state to set up a needle exchange. At the time, drug users were sharing needles, and it led to the worst HIV outbreak in the state’s history.

This summer, Scott County's commissioners voted to end the needle exchange credited with stopping one of the nation's worst HIV outbreaks.