Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NYC workers may be forced to clean up drug needles next to syringe ‘exchange’ spots thanks to new bill Workers at “needle exchange ...

For another year, lawmakers in the state House of Delegates are attempting to ban syringe service programs across West Virginia. Members of the House Subcommittee on Public Health on Wednesday ...

EDWARDSVILLE – An officer poked with a syringe while searching a vehicle driven by a heroin user in June is doing OK and remains on patrol, Police Chief David Souchick said Wednesday. Officer Ryan ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland Police Bureau officers are noticing a recent resurgence in the number of syringes scattered along Portland’s city streets, according to officials. “There’s really no ...

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 ...

CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio — A pilot drug checking program at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office is offering new insight on the opioid epidemic in the county, including showing a disconnect ...

A man is facing multiple charges after indecently exposing himself in a library, being in possession of drug syringes and giving a false identity to authorities.According to court documents, ...

In the wake of the bill’s passage, it’s disturbing to hear some elected officials promote the misconception that we prove we care for people who use drugs by arresting them. “This law says stick a ...

But the prison officers’ union, jail authorities, and the opposition slammed the Australian Medical Association (AMA) idea as “dangerous”, with the union saying jail is for rehabilitation not drug ...