By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen February 9, 2026 A conservative split over syringe exchanges is resurfacing this year, ...

The increase in needle collection in 2025 was due to the city's new syringe redemption program, according to Portland's ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...