It’s about preventing avoidable illness and death and improving public safety,” Monroe County Commissioner Jody Madeira said.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dorothy Waterhouse, program director for the syringe exchange program at the Clark County Health Department, opens a cabinet ...

Syringes are probably among the top three concerns that I hear from the business community,” the CEO of the local chamber of ...

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 ...

Syringe exchange has always been a tough political issue in Indiana. This year, lawmakers are proposing further restrictions ...

KNOXVILLE — A new program in Knoxville aims to reduce the spread of disease and put a dent in the overdose epidemic. The Syringe Service Program allows drug users to exchange dirty syringes used to ...

IN 30 YEARS, THE CITY HAS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN. 17.6 MILLION SYRINGES, AND WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION. WHILE HONORING MISUSERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. CITY ...

The Indiana House added several restrictions to the state's syringe exchange programs, but the bill's authors are just grateful for the programs to survive.

Evergreen Health Services’ syringe-exchange program has started in Jamestown. Kimberly Lombard, Evergreen Health Services senior director of grants management and quality, said the program stared in ...

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