The Santa Monica Coalition has filed a lawsuit against County Health Director Barbara Ferrer, the Los Angeles County Health Department and the Venice Family Clinic in connection with the Needle ...

LOWELL — Do syringe service programs, where persons who inject drugs can access sterile needles and syringes, belong near schools and parks and other areas that attract families and children? And does ...

A new Australian-first study from the Burnet Institute has found that every dollar invested in Australian prison needle and syringe programs could save more than two dollars in treatment costs for ...

A discarded needle is seen March 27 in an alleyway in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Staff Photographer) More than half a dozen residents spoke out Monday against allowing a syringe exchange program to ...

People who work in addiction recovery say providing sterile syringes to people who use illegal drugs can help them because it can be a bridge to other services like treatment. But a number of states ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six Indiana counties now have programs providing sterile needles, disease testing and offers of addiction counseling to addicts.

GRAND FORKS – The Grand Forks City Council on Monday voted to keep the city's current needle exchange program, but to limit the maximum number of needles given out at any one time to 10. At its last ...

A needle exchange program in Sanford, Maine, is pausing operations for one year due to public health and safety concerns. The agreement is a compromise between the city, the nonprofit Maine Access ...

Mark Stoové has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Victorian Department of Health, and the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging. He has also received ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aurora Conley (left) and Philomena Kebec (right) founded Gwayakobimaadiziwin Bad River Needle Exchange, one of the first ...

Needle-sharing programs, also referred to as needle exchange or syringe services programs, are integral to public health efforts. These initiatives supply clean needles and syringes to individuals who ...

More than 80 prisoners used a single needle to inject illicit drugs in one day inside a Queensland jail, according to an alarming new study into substance use behind bars. One 42-year-old man told ...