Health • One Utah provider closes up shop due to ’toxic’ political climate, while another faces threats of arrest from rural county sheriffs and an ultimatum from the House speaker. House Speaker Greg ...
Discarded needles can carry harmful blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis B or C or HIV Increasing drug use in the Southern Tier is suspected for the rise in improperly discarded needles The Southern ...
It can seem counterintuitive to provide clean syringes to individuals who inject drugs. After all, why make it easier to consume illicit substances that are increasingly resulting in overdoses? In the ...
Per Arizona law, giving needles to drug users is a felony that can be — but typically isn't — enforced. Shot in the Dark, a needle-exchange program in the Phoenix area, tallied 51,000 participant ...
A bill to legalize distribution of clean needles and syringes to drug users was approved by a state House committee on Wednesday, with support from both Democrats and Republicans Pennsylvania is one ...
Jason Jackson, a 37-year-old native of Zebulon, who is currently on parole, was addicted to heroin for 10 years until March 14, when he enrolled into a methadone program at Southlight Healthcare, a ...
Damon Bruder walks the trail behind his home often, and for one purpose: to pick up used drug needles. “It’s a living amends. It’s a way to give back to my community,” Bruder said. “This is dope ...
Residents and business owners have been complaining about syringes littering the streets of some Boston neighborhoods for years. Perhaps nowhere more so than the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue ...
HAZARDOUS WASTE: A large needle box is located on Buncombe County property in front of Pack Memorial Library on Haywood Street. Photo by Jessica Wakeman In September 2018, Malaprops Bookstore/Cafe ...