“Closing the Pueblo syringe service program is a fiscally irresponsible move, because people are now going to get more infections that are more costly,” said Dr. Josh Barocas, an infectious diseases physician and addiction researcher at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. “A lot of people either are on state insurance, Medicaid or are uninsured. So where does that cost go? That cost goes directly to the city of Pueblo and its residents.”