As Burlington contends with a worsening drug crisis, city councilors are looking for ways to address one of its most visible symptoms: syringe litter. Burlington city councilors on Monday unanimously ...

Despite Indian Country bearing some of the highest fatality rates of the overdose crisis, there is a woefully insufficient number of programs that provide clean needles in Indian Country to reduce ...

Syringes are probably among the top three concerns that I hear from the business community,” the CEO of the local chamber of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (MIRROR INDY) — In 2023, Morgan Bryant went to her first syringe exchange. Back then, the 44-year-old eastsider was still using meth and heroin. She wanted to stop sharing needles and get ...

Ask,” the Bible says, “and ye shall receive.” There’s just no telling what answers you might get. Case in point: Yakima City Council member Reedy Berg set off three months of fretting around City Hall ...

DENVER — Under a 1997 city ordinance, needle exchange programs in Denver cannot be closer than 1,000 feet from schools and daycares. The ordinance also limits the city to opening no more than three ...

The state legislature is taking the wrong course in its attempt to shut down funding for syringe exchange programs. Its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NYC workers may be forced to clean up drug needles next to syringe ‘exchange’ spots thanks to new bill Workers at “needle exchange ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – After two years in operation, a Fresno County needle exchange and harm reduction program has come under fire ahead of Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting – a meeting ...