New York City’s two government-funded shooting galleries are supposed to prevent fatal overdoses — but at least 46 clients ...
The United States’ opioid problem has steadily been getting worse. In 2022, more than 110,000 people died of drug overdoses, "two-thirds of whom succumbed to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl," ...
PROVIDENCE — Legislation to extend by two years a pilot program, not yet launched, to allow supervised consumption sites for people to safely consume illicit substances won final approval in the ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Three years after the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a law authorizing a pilot program for harm reduction centers, construction has now finished at the state’s first ...
The nonprofit operating the controversial facilities doesn't track outcomes for patients experiencing cardiac arrest, strokes ...
A growing number of Washington County residents are raising concerns about wastewater injection wells near Marietta, warning ...
Could safe injection sites help Philadelphia's overdose crisis? In September, Philadelphia city council voted to ban what are known as safe injection sites, a major blow for advocates who say these ...
With a bill that would allow San Francisco to pilot safe injection sites awaiting the governor’s signature, advocates and critics alike this week are being offered a glimpse of what a controlled space ...
This article is part two of Crisis in New York, a series examining the effects public policies have on the city’s already strained housing, law enforcement and drug services. Read part one. NEW YORK ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- In San Francisco, a group of local nonprofit workers went rogue on Overdose Awareness Day by opening a pop-up safe injection site. "We can just go and be safe and the public's ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The lights were on, the mic was ready and the stage was set Thursday night for a community screening of ABC7 News' documentary "Injecting Hope." The film, by ABC7 News reporter ...