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 ...

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 ...

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

Ronnie Warn was bewildered when he spotted the sign on the door of the Santa Ana office where he routinely brings used needles and picks up clean ones. The Harm Reduction Institute was closed, it said ...

Some local officials want to hamper needle exchange programs that public health officials say are crucial to reducing the spread of blood-borne diseases.

Frustrated with used needles littering city streets, some local officials have called for renewed restrictions on syringe ...

Thanks for the great question, Roger, and for taking an interest in disposing of your medical waste properly. Nothing gets the attention of workers handling trash and recyclables quite like a syringe ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A strange sign of the times: Police pulled over a car at Bicknell and Woodruff, made the driver and passengers get out, and searched the car. Police found nothing. No one was ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The number of syringes exchanged under a Multnomah County-funded program jumped to 5.5 million last year, up from 2016’s record of nearly 4 million. Meanwhile, the ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A KDKA Investigation gets action. KDKA showed the discarded syringes and needles near the Heinz Lofts on the North Side, posing a public health threat to anyone venturing near. On ...

Joseph, type 1 from Rhode Island, asks: Do insulin syringes and pen needles expire? Wil@Ask D’Mine answers: Yep! They sure do, just like beer and Cool Ranch Doritos, both syringes and pen needles ...