Do needle exchange programs promote safety and better public health by ensuring that drug users – who probably will be using those drugs anyway – at least are using clean syringes while they’re doing ...

Pueblo City Council’s decision earlier this week to ban syringe distribution to injection-drug users in its city limits prompted an El Paso County commissioner to check into the issue. What ...

A state employee printed pamphlets for the Idaho Harm Reduction Project that detailed step-by-step instructions on how to use several drugs, including methamphetamine and crack cocaine, before the ...

The Boise Police Department seized drug paraphernalia and electronics from the Idaho Harm Reduction Project’s offices this month. A lawmaker now proposes to repeal the state’s entire needle exchange ...

GRAND FORKS — County commissioners voted by a slim margin to recommend the city of Grand Forks discontinue its needle exchange program after a commissioner rallied against the program. The Grand Forks ...

GRAND FORKS – The City Council might once again consider the issue of public syringe disposal after the Grand Forks County Commission on Jan. 16 voted to ask the city to do away with the program. The ...

A needle exchange program offers sterile needles to people who inject drugs. This harm reduction intervention has been effective at decreasing risk and improving the quality of life for those affected ...

Syringe services supplies are laid out on a conference room table in the City-County Building. The City of Pittsburgh is gearing up to launch its own needle exchange program in August. At a downtown ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Much of Charleston City Council’s time Monday evening was spent discussing a proposal from the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia on a needle exchange program to be located at ...