This week, they added syringe access and disposal services to their existing programming on Mondays and Tuesdays after it was ...

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

It’s about preventing avoidable illness and death and improving public safety,” Monroe County Commissioner Jody Madeira said.

KNOXVILLE — A new program in Knoxville aims to reduce the spread of disease and put a dent in the overdose epidemic. The Syringe Service Program allows drug users to exchange dirty syringes used to ...

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 ...

Syringe exchange programs are struggling to stay open in some states. Some public health experts lament that these programs have become subject to growing politicization and dissent. (AP Video by Obed ...

The state legislature is taking the wrong course in its attempt to shut down funding for syringe exchange programs. Its ...

EVANSVILLE — As local advocates work to create a syringe exchange program in Evansville, the framework for the whole system is up in the air at the state level. Indiana has a had a syringe exchange ...

Alan Witchey, president and chief executive officer of Damien Center speaks in support of Senate Bill 91 on Wednesday. Photo by Arianna Hunt, TheStatehouseFile.com. A little over 10 years ago, Scott ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dorothy Waterhouse, program director for the syringe exchange program at the Clark County Health Department, opens a cabinet ...