Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It can seem counterintuitive to provide clean syringes to individuals who inject drugs. After all, why make it easier to consume ...

A sea of red shirts and decorated banners swarmed outside of the Legislature on April 13 as the people rallied for lawmakers to pass a bill that would decriminalize certain uses of syringes. House ...

As Indiana officials struggled to contain an outbreak of HIV among people who injected drugs, then-Gov. Mike Pence reluctantly followed the urgings of public health officials and cleared the way for ...

KNOXVILLE — A new program in Knoxville aims to reduce the spread of disease and put a dent in the overdose epidemic. The Syringe Service Program allows drug users to exchange dirty syringes used to ...

Kim Botteicher hardly thinks of herself as a criminal. On the main floor of a former Catholic church in Bolivar, Pennsylvania, Botteicher runs a flower shop and cafe. In the former church’s basement, ...

Whether it's treatment or clean syringes, there is help available for people living in addiction. Here are some resources to stay safe while living in addiction — and to get treatment if you want.

With complaints about syringe litter on the rise, the New York City Council is considering a new way to keep needles off of sidewalks and out of parks: Paying drug users to turn them in. Similar to a ...

El Dorado County cannot enforce its ban on programs that hand out clean syringes as a legal battle continues between the county and the California Department of Public Health, a Superior Court judge ...

The Prevention Resource Network, headquartered in Asbury Park, gives out clean syringes, drug-testing kits and overdose reversal medicine to people with drug addictions. It has now added a van to ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow clean syringe services to operate legally across the commonwealth. The Pa. House Judiciary Committee voted 15-10 last ...

“It’s terrible. I have had hundreds and hundreds of complaints from the residents in that area. They want to see it gone because it’s a threat.” “Needs-based exchange is considered best practice by ...