Denver Mayor Mike Johnston described the ordinance as “the wrong solution at the wrong time” in a letter to the City Council ...

Denver would eliminate its limit on the number of needle exchange programs that can operate in the city and remove restrictions on their location under a new ordinance set for a final vote Monday.

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

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 ...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vetoed an expanded needle exchange program just one day after the city council passed the ordinance.

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 ...

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 ...

An expansion of a Denver law from the late ’90s will allow for unlimited needle exchange sites across the city and remove a ...

The bill lifts a limit on how many providers can operate in Denver and gets rid of 1,000-foot distance requirement from ...

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?