Access Point Pueblo saw a syringe return rate of nearly 69% in January, according to a Feb. 18 presentation at a Pueblo City Council work session. A nearly 38% improvement from an August and September ...

Syringe services programs for people who use drugs saved the life of a young mother in Oklahoma City. Three years ago, this service wasn't legal in the state. Tamara Graham has been in recovery from ...

FARGO — City Commissioner Michelle Turnberg is proposing the city of Fargo immediately eliminate the needle exchange program operated by Fargo Cass Public Health. This program is one of many offered ...

A needle exchange program is no longer being proposed in Santa Ana after the Harm Reduction Institute pulled its application with the state to provide the service. This comes after a years’ long ...

Among those who spoke out against a potential safe needle exchange ordinance was Auburn’s Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby, ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua has serious concerns about the California Department of Public Health's decision to approve an application to provide syringe delivery and ...

Giving addicts syringes to shoot up was never a popular idea. It still isn’t. Despite medical authorities’ confident assertions that such programs dramatically cut down on disease transmission, ...

SANTA CRUZ — A local community-based organization has submitted documents to launch a program aimed at drug-related harm reduction in Santa Cruz County, and time is running out for the public to ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- The California Department of Public Health has approved the mobile Orange County Needle Exchange program to operate in Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Orange and Santa Ana. The program ...

Years ago, San Francisco made a commitment to reducing harms for residents who take drugs. In 1996, the Board of Supervisors committed to a policy of treatment on demand (TOD) to ensure that San ...