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 ...

Will Rochester crack down on needle exchange programs to the point they aren't effective? Advocates are concerned as officials agreed to learn more.

LOWELL — Do syringe service programs, where persons who inject drugs can access sterile needles and syringes, belong near schools and parks and other areas that attract families and children? And does ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh's needle exchange program is running again after the city suspended it last year after collection problems. Many of the homeless encampments have become dens of open-air ...

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 ...

Syringe exchange has always been a tough political issue in Indiana. This year, lawmakers are proposing further restrictions on the state's program.

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 ...

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 Trump administration decided that it will no longer observe World AIDS Day. This is in contrast to the historical federal recognition of World AIDS Day under both Republican and ...