Workers at “needle exchange” spots across the city may be forced to collect used drug syringes that end up as litter under a new bill unveiled Thursday. Council member Oswald Feliz’s new bill would ...

A clean drug kit is seen inside F.A.V.O.R, a recovery center in Bolivar, Pa., on Nov. 7, 2023. About a year ago, Spotlight PA and WESA started looking into a conflicting part of Pennsylvania's opioid ...

Decades of research show syringe programs are extremely effective at preventing infectious disease among intravenous drug ...

It can seem counterintuitive to provide clean syringes to individuals who inject drugs. After all, why make it easier to consume illicit substances that are increasingly resulting in overdoses? In the ...

Seven syringes a man got from a needle exchange program run by the Monroe County Health Department had the chance of landing him in prison the moment he left the county. After a traffic stop in ...

New Jersey was one of the last states to make it legal in 2012 for adults to buy syringes over the counter, a move to increase access to clean needles and discourage drug users from sharing or reusing ...

PHOENIX — It is a new law that is expected to save lives. In what some consider a controversial move, the state of Arizona has legalized syringe or needle exchange programs, which means those addicted ...

Thanks for the great question, Roger, and for taking an interest in disposing of your medical waste properly. Nothing gets the attention of workers handling trash and recyclables quite like a syringe ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Monday signed into law a bill (SB 1159) to create a five-year pilot program allowing pharmacies to sell as many as 10 syringes to adults without a prescription, which ...

New Jersey lawmakers are considering a measure that would make it easier to buy syringes. The legislation would allow anyone over 18 to purchase up to 10 sterile needles at a drugstore without a ...