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 ...

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 ...

Almost half a million needles and syringes weren’t returned to the Howard Center’s exchange program last year. That’s ...

With complaints about syringe litter on the rise, the New York City Council is considering a new way to keep needles off of sidewalks and out of parks: Paying drug users to turn them in. Similar to a ...

The Prevention Resource Network, headquartered in Asbury Park, gives out clean syringes, drug-testing kits and overdose reversal medicine to people with drug addictions. It has now added a van to ...

Rep. Jim Struzzi (R, Indiana) is the bill's co-sponsor. He addressed the state House Judiciary Committee before a vote on HB 1245. The state House Judiciary Committee Wednesday advanced a bill that ...

The Harm Reduction Institute is one step closer to providing needle exchange services in Santa Ana following the approval of its application by the California Department of Public Health despite ...

Watch a powerful 500-watt laser clean a rare 1930 antique syringe. This eco-friendly restoration avoids sandblasting, chemicals, and water, reducing pollution and dust. The process finishes with fine ...

A Greenville nonprofit that helps those struggling with drug addictions is expanding its mission of "meeting people where they are" through a mailing service that puts clean syringes in the hands of ...