Denver Mayor Mike Johnston described the ordinance as “the wrong solution at the wrong time” in a letter to the City Council ...
An expansion of a Denver law from the late nineties will allow for unlimited needle exchange sites across the city and remove ...
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vetoes council bill removing needle exchange program cap and distance requirements.
More needle exchange programs could soon be allowed in Denver after the City Council on Monday approved a new ordinance paving the way for them. Only three needle exchanges have been permitted to ...
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vetoed an expanded needle exchange program just one day after the city council passed the ...
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 ...
The measure was intended to provide more needle exchange sites in the city, as only three have been allowed in Denver since 1997. The measure allowed for an unlimited number of needle exchanges in ...
The bill lifts a limit on how many providers can operate in Denver and gets rid of 1,000-foot distance requirement from ...
DENVER, Colorado — Denver City Council passed an ordinance Monday that may increase accessibility to needle exchange services in the future. If signed by Mayor Mike Johnston, it would drop the ...
A needle exchange with a congregation of illicit drug users next to my school,” said one speaker. Another person said the city council had an important decision to make. “Who is it for?