Kansas should legalize needle exchange programs. 

Americans need access to more needle exchange programs (NEP) or syringe service programs (SSP). The following is more about that need.
According to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, "Since 2016, HIV infections have increased by 151% among people who inject drugs."
According to the CDC, "During the last decade, the United States has seen an increase in injection drug use — primarily the injection of opioids. Outbreaks of hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and HIV infections have been correlated with these injection patterns and trends.  The majority of new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are due to injection drug use, and the nation has seen a 3.5-fold increase in reported cases of HCV from 2010 to 2016, reaching a 15- year high. New HCV virus infections are increasing most rapidly among young people, with the greatest incidence among individuals under 30."
According to American Addiction Centers, "Drug abuse and addiction cost American society more than $740 billion annually in lost workplace productivity, healthcare expenses, and crime-related costs."
Once individuals contract these diseases they can be passed to others by contact with bodily fluids, accidental needle pricks, and even through childbirth, this is about the lives of all and for the health of our communities. 

The following is about how these problems can be solved. Needle exchange programs reduce the spread of diseases and provide more opportunities for rehab and other services. The cost of running this program is also more cost-effective than the cost of treatment for a patient with AIDS. A needle exchange program would also encourage proper disposal of needles; this means less finding them at parks, in waterways, in regular trash cans, and on the streets.
According to Georgetown Law, "A national survey of syringe exchange and syringe service programs in the United States found that 97% of these programs provide a variety of public health services, including referrals to substance abuse treatment, services for homelessness, services for employment, and other useful resources that the community of PWUD needs the most... The estimated lifetime cost of treatment for HIV is $420,285 (as of 2019), while the estimated cost per client per year is about $661 for a large rural SSP. In addition, between 2013 and 2019, federal Medicaid spending on HIV increased by 60%, rising from $3.97 billion to $6.3 billion."
According to American Civil Liberties Union, "It costs an average city about $160,000 to run a NEP (about $20 per user per year), whereas one syringe-infected AIDS patient will require upwards of $120,000 per year in public health expenditures." 

Needle exchange programs have worked in major cities.
San Francisco, California is one example. According to San Francisco AIDS Foundation, "An evaluation of Prevention Point was conducted in 1992 as reach and distribution efforts were growing. The study found that the percentage of people who reported sharing needles fell from 66 percent in 1987 to 36 percent in 1992. In addition, participants who used Prevention Point services were significantly less likely to share needles than people who reported not accessing these services... The number of new HIV cases among people who inject drugs reached a peak in 1992 with 212 new infections and dropped by half to about 100 new infections in 1998."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is another successful example. According to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, "The number of new HIV diagnoses in PWID peaked in Philadelphia in 1992. Between 1992 and 2016, new HIV diagnoses in this population declined by 95%, a public health success greatly attributed to the implementation of a syringe service program... In the first 10 years of the syringe service program, an estimated 10,000 diagnoses of HIV were averted in Philadelphia alone. Each year, $243 million are saved in Philadelphia from averted cases of HIV."

If legalized you could expect change.
According to Fox4KC, "The Centers for Disease Control says needle exchange programs are one reason why there are nearly 90 percent fewer HIV infections from IV drug use than there were in the late 1980s."
According to the CDC, "Syringe services programs (SSPs) are proven and effective community-based prevention programs that can provide a range of services, including access to and disposal of sterile syringes and injection equipment, vaccination, testing, and linkage to infectious disease care and substance use treatment. SSPs reach people who inject drugs, an often hidden and marginalized population. Nearly 30 years of research has shown that comprehensive SSPs are safe, effective, and cost-saving, do not increase illegal drug use or crime, and play an important role in reducing the transmission of viral hepatitis, HIV and other infections. Research shows that new users of SSPs are five times more likely to enter drug treatment and about three times more likely to stop using drugs than those who don’t use the programs. SSPs that provide naloxone also help decrease opioid overdose deaths. SSPs protect the public and first responders by facilitating the safe disposal of used needles and syringes."

References:

Drug & Substance Abuse Addiction Statistics. (n.d.). American Addiction Centers. Retrieved April 19, 2022, from https://americanaddictioncenters.org/rehab-guide/addiction-statistics

Kansas City needle exchange program sees 350 clients monthly. (2015, March 31). FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports. https://fox4kc.com/health/kansas-city-needle-exchange-program-sees-350-clients-monthly/

Needle Exchange Programs Promote Public Safety. (n.d.). American Civil Liberties Union. Retrieved April 20, 2022, from https://www.aclu.org/fact-sheet/needle-exchange-programs-promote-public-safety 

Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Infectious Diseases Continue to Spread Among People Who Inject Drugs. CHART 2021;6(2):1-7 https://www.phila.gov/media/20210209105220/CHARTv6e2.pdf 

Resource: History of Health: Needle Exchange in San Francisco. (n.d.). San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Retrieved April 20, 2022, from https://www.sfaf.org/resource-library/needle-exchange-in-san-francisco/

Summary of Information on The Safety and Effectiveness of Syringe Services Programs (SSPS) | CDC. (2021, September 24). https://www.cdc.gov/ssp/syringe-services-programs-summary.html