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

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 ...

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 ...

Americans who struggle with drug addiction have turned to syringe services programs (SSPs) for decades—not only to exchange used needles for clean ones but also as a first step towards treatment.

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 ...

Illicitly manufactured fentanyl and amphetamine-type stimulants are major contributors to the opioid crisis in North America.

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 ...

PITTSBURGH — In Pittsburgh overdose deaths are rising: from 2019 to 2020 overdoses increased in the city by 22%. In response, the city announced on Thursday its first syringe service program, one that ...

"Let's rethink glass," says specialty glass and glass ceramics developer Schott (Elmsford, NY) on its website. Sometimes, that revisionist thinking leads to plastics. At Interphex 2015, which was held ...

Despite very similar political, drug policy and HIV prevention backgrounds, HIV and HCV prevalence is considerably different in Hungary (low HIV and moderate HCV prevalence) and Lithuania (high HCV ...

A North Dakota woman was arrested after police said she attempted to hide drugs inside her body. The drugs were discovered after a syringe snapped and she required medical attention, authorities said.

Clark County Health Officer Dr. Eric Yazel says exchanges prevent people from sharing needles and spreading disease, ...