More needle exchange programs could soon be allowed in Denver after the City Council on Monday approved a new ordinance ...
Denver would eliminate its limit on the number of needle exchange programs that can operate in the city and remove ...
A judge later barred the same group in November 2018 from running a mobile needle exchange program in four Orange County cities, including Santa Ana. The judge said volunteers didn’t have ...
An expansion of a Denver law from the late nineties will allow for unlimited needle exchange sites across the city. Denver Post via Getty Images An expansion of a Denver law from the late ’90s ...
The ordinance passed as five council members and Mayor Johnston expressed hesitancy in moving the proposal forward.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston late on Tuesday vetoed a proposal to remove the cap and distance requirements on the city’s needle exchange program. The City Council may still override his veto if ...
First, he worried it would allow for an unlimited number of needle exchange programs. Second, he said there was no reason to move the distance requirement. Johnston called the measure "the wrong ...