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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

While police confiscations of syringes have gone down since a state law in 2010 permitted people to carry those that are legally obtained, it still goes on in the city, according to harm reduction ...

Decades of research show that syringe programs increase public order, reduce syringe litter, decrease needle-stick injuries, prevent HIV and hepatitis C and are a critical bridge to addiction ...

A man is facing multiple charges after indecently exposing himself in a library, being in possession of drug syringes and giving a false identity to authorities.According to court documents, ...

In the wake of the bill’s passage, it’s disturbing to hear some elected officials promote the misconception that we prove we care for people who use drugs by arresting them. “This law says stick a ...

ROGERSVILLE — Police say a suspected Knoxville drug dealer was loading up a syringe hit of morphine for himself and a Rogersville woman last week in a vehicle when he was interrupted by Hawkins County ...

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 ...