CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — As she pressed down on the plunger of an empty syringe, a drop of blood oozed from the crooked tip of its needle — a test, Denise Brown said, that she uses on unpackaged syringes ...

Decades of research show syringe programs are extremely effective at preventing infectious disease among intravenous drug ...

PRETORIA, South Africa — A secluded corner surrounded by litter and makeshift structures on the outskirts of South Africa’s capital is home to dozens of people with drug addiction. They inject ...

Workers at “needle exchange” spots across the city may be forced to collect used drug syringes that end up as litter under a new bill unveiled Thursday. Council member Oswald Feliz’s new bill would ...

Seattle and San Francisco scale back harm reduction policies distributing drug supplies, signaling a shift in how West Coast ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- On a BART ride into San Francisco from the East Bay one of our reporters came across hypodermic needles left behind on a seat and immediately started asking questions. BART ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Jenenne Guffey was happy the day 400 doses of antidote for heroin overdose arrived at the safe needle exchange she and other volunteers founded here. But she also felt a twinge of ...

A crack pipe vending machine for addicts sounds like the punch line of a bad joke—but the same kind of ridicule has been lobbed at many measures to fight drug addiction and related harm that have now ...

We hear so much about the opioid problem and how it destroys families and lives. But what is it like to actually be a person addicted to pain pills and then switching to heroin? Doug Bisher from ...

As the summer sun shines brightly over Tralee, there is a growing number of people trapped in the dark clutches of addiction, shooting up everywhere from under walkways to behind hedges. The clear day ...