CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio — A pilot drug checking program at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office is offering new insight on the opioid epidemic in the county, including showing a disconnect ...

In March 2024, Oregon quashed its efforts to decriminalize illicit drugs, which would have been the first of such laws in the nation, but the debate on how to curb the growing drug overdose epidemic ...

Kim Botteicher works in the basement of a Bolivar church. She provides syringe services as part of her charitable work. Credit: Nate Smallwood for Spotlight PA This article is part of The State of ...

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 ...

James Sizemore, pastor of Radiant Church in Fayetteville, N.C., went from president of his high school's "Just Say No" club to a cocaine mule. Once free of drugs, he found his way back to the pulpit. ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland Police Bureau officers are noticing a recent resurgence in the number of syringes scattered along Portland’s city streets, according to officials. “There’s really no ...

As of 2023, Orange County remains the largest county by population in the United States without an operational syringe services program (SSP). Over 40 years of evidence have demonstrated that SSPs are ...

A nonprofit in Charlotte is helping people who use drugs find stable housing, creating a pathway to stability for a population that is frequently barred from traditional rental markets. Queen City ...

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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved a new option for patients to self-inject Argenx SE’s (NASDAQ:ARGX) Vyvgart Hytrulo with a prefilled syringe (efgartigimod alfa and ...

The City of Roseburg, Oregon, has banned needle exchange and distribution on public property like parks, streets and sidewalks. This ban was created in an effort to ensure public safety, but advocates ...

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 ...