Do needle exchange programs promote safety and better public health by ensuring that drug users – who probably will be using those drugs anyway – at least are using clean syringes while they’re doing ...

Pueblo City Council’s decision earlier this week to ban syringe distribution to injection-drug users in its city limits prompted an El Paso County commissioner to check into the issue. What ...

The Boise Police Department seized drug paraphernalia and electronics from the Idaho Harm Reduction Project’s offices this month. A lawmaker now proposes to repeal the state’s entire needle exchange ...

GRAND FORKS — County commissioners voted by a slim margin to recommend the city of Grand Forks discontinue its needle exchange program after a commissioner rallied against the program. The Grand Forks ...

GRAND FORKS – The Grand Forks City Council on Monday voted to keep the city's current needle exchange program, but to limit the maximum number of needles given out at any one time to 10. At its last ...

Syringe services supplies are laid out on a conference room table in the City-County Building. The City of Pittsburgh is gearing up to launch its own needle exchange program in August. At a downtown ...

A state employee printed pamphlets for the Idaho Harm Reduction Project that detailed step-by-step instructions on how to use several drugs, including methamphetamine and crack cocaine, before the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Update: The Denver City Council passed the proposal loosening needle exchange rules Monday night on an 8-5 vote. Mayor Mike Johnston vetoed it Tuesday ...

One of the most common but frustrating political trends involves legislators who pass sweeping laws in response to some troubling incident in the news — a reactive approach that places emotion over ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Much of Charleston City Council’s time Monday evening was spent discussing a proposal from the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia on a needle exchange program to be located at ...

Wayne County's needle exchange program will end June 30 despite the county health department's recommendation to continue. County commissioners cited a lack of significant data showing the program's ...

Canada's Prison Needle Exchange Program, a syringe distribution program in nine federal correctional institutions, faces major limitations and low participation rates, according to a new report. Based ...