FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Heated messages of disapproval, disgust, and anger from several Fresno city leaders about Fresno County bringing a needle exchange program to Fulton Street in Downtown ...

Among those who spoke out against a potential safe needle exchange ordinance was Auburn’s Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby, ...

As Pueblo City Council debates whether to ban syringe access programs in the city, the agencies that operate them in Pueblo are coming forward to defend them. The Southern Colorado Harm Reduction ...

Opioid overdose deaths in Orange County are rising sharply, with annual deaths nearly tripling in the four years ending in 2021. It is no coincidence that for much of that time, and again today, ...

SANTA CRUZ — For more than 30 years, public health officials and nonprofits in California have provided clean hypodermic needles to people who use them to inject drugs. For nearly that entire time, ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Both city and county officials are speaking out after Fresno County recently approved a Free Medical Clinic and Needle Exchange program. But the plan is controversial, ...

Injection drug use across the United States is increasing as the misuse of prescription and synthetic opioids rages on. Many people who misuse drugs choose to inject because it delivers a faster, more ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- The California Department of Public Health has approved the mobile Orange County Needle Exchange program to operate in Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Orange and Santa Ana. The program ...

ROSEVILLE -- Controversial clean drug needle exchange programs are once again a topic of debate in Placer County. Wednesday night, the city of Roseville took center stage. The agenda item comes on the ...

Auburn does not currently have a needle exchange program and has a moratorium in place that prevents one from opening.

As Pennsylvania remains a leader in the nation’s still-worsening overdose crisis and the Lehigh Valley sees fresh evidence of its severity, a pair of lawmakers want to legalize needle-exchange ...