Discarded needles can carry harmful blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis B or C or HIV Increasing drug use in the Southern Tier is suspected for the rise in improperly discarded needles The Southern ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – It may sound counter-intuitive – providing drug users with clean needles to help them get off drugs. But those who have been there say it works. Non-profit syringe exchange ...

Health • One Utah provider closes up shop due to ’toxic’ political climate, while another faces threats of arrest from rural county sheriffs and an ultimatum from the House speaker. House Speaker Greg ...

A bill to legalize distribution of clean needles and syringes to drug users was approved by a state House committee on Wednesday, with support from both Democrats and Republicans Pennsylvania is one ...

Jason Jackson, a 37-year-old native of Zebulon, who is currently on parole, was addicted to heroin for 10 years until March 14, when he enrolled into a methadone program at Southlight Healthcare, a ...

Tippecanoe County is one of eight in Indiana remaining with a syringe service program. Despite success, health officials worry it could come to an end.

Ward 5 Councilor Leroy Walker Sr. said there is nothing requiring safe syringe programs to pick up syringes improperly disposed of on city property. Employees with the police department, public works ...

Ronnie Warn was bewildered when he spotted the sign on the door of the Santa Ana office where he routinely brings used needles and picks up clean ones. The Harm Reduction Institute was closed, it said ...

Learn how to give yourself an insulin shot for diabetes using a syringe. Follow safe insulin injection steps to manage blood ...

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 ...

HAZARDOUS WASTE: A large needle box is located on Buncombe County property in front of Pack Memorial Library on Haywood Street. Photo by Jessica Wakeman In September 2018, Malaprops Bookstore/Cafe ...