A Bronx council member wants to force the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to pick up used drug needles that ...

allowing needle exchange sites to open within 1,000 feet of schools and day cares. Needle exchanges, also known as syringe access programs, provide services to drug users including clean needles ...

Mayor Mike Johnston wrote in a letter defending his decision that allowing an unlimited number of needle exchanges in the ...

The number of 311 reports of discarded needles has surged since the city ended a popular needle-buyback program.

An expansion of a Denver law from the late nineties will allow for unlimited needle exchange sites across the city and remove a previously required restraint on its proximity to schools and ...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vetoes council bill removing needle exchange program cap and distance requirements.

As a result of these restrictions, SOAR ceased exchanging syringes. West Virginia Health Right now operates an exchange program in the city under the restrictions. Robin Pollini is a West Virginia ...

The concept of needle exchanges ... clean needles lowers the spread of hepatitis and AIDs and can reduce the number of improperly discarded needles on streets and parks. Programs also provide ...

Unlike supervised injection sites, needle exchange programs — or “syringe access” programs as they are sometimes called — do not permit the use of drugs on site but provide users with a ...

As a result of these restrictions, SOAR ceased exchanging syringes. West Virginia Health Right now operates an exchange program in the city under the restrictions. Robin Pollini is a West Virginia ...