Ernest Drucker, Public-Health Advocate for the Scorned, Dies at 84
He marshaled epidemiological research to press for changes in drug policy, alternatives to prison and needle-exchange ...
P.E.I. government pauses supervised injection site plans
P.E.I.'s chief public health officer says the province has decided to pause the establishment of a supervised injection site ...
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Rural Harm Reduction: Spotlight on Cochise County, Arizona
Author Table of Contents Key Points Media Contact For general and media inquiries and to book our experts, please contact: pr ...
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Bill to Lift Needle Exchange Program Restrictions Vetoed in Denver
Mayor Mike Johnston wrote in a letter defending his decision that allowing an unlimited number of needle exchanges in the ...
Valerie Amezcua: Santa Ana will not allow distribution of drug supplies in the name of ‘harm reduction’
Harm reduction” programs have significantly impacted cities across the country, with synthetic drug deaths from substances like fentanyl and methamphetamine at historic highs.
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DWP says workers have been threatened with bodily harm and, possibly, a rifle
A person in a gray Mercedes-Benz drove up to the utility worker and threatened bodily harm. The DWP employee phoned 911, and by the time officers responded, the person had left the area ...
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Pump.fun Faces Possible Lawsuit Over Allegations of Investor Harm
“In the past few months, Pump.fun has collected hundreds of millions of dollars in fees while illicit drug use, self-harm, racism, antisemitism, lewd acts, bestiality, violent and other antisocial ...
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Former Harm Reduction employees cite burnout, challenges with leadership as reasons for leaving
In November of 2024, Piepkorn and commissioner Michelle Turnberg voted to cut the city's needle exchange program, which operates out of the Harm Reduction Center. Those efforts ultimately failed.
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'Wrong solution, at the wrong time': Denver mayor, needle exchange site advocates react to veto
DENVER — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston had only vetoed one bill during his time in office until Tuesday, when he said an ordinance removing certain restrictions for needle exchange ... the executive ...
The Denver Post22d
Denver City Council approves expansion of needle exchange law, allowing more sites
The three needle exchange programs that now operate are the Harm Reduction Action Center in Capitol Hill, the Colorado Health Network in Uptown and a mobile-only site called LifePoint. Supporters ...
National Review22d
Denver Mayor Vetoes Bill to Allow Needle Exchanges Next to Schools, Day Cares
But, he wrote, the council ordinance passed in an 8-5 vote on Monday that would have allowed for a great expansion of needle exchange sites “is the wrong solution at the wrong time.” ...
CBS News22d
Denver mayor vetoes expanded needle exchange program 1 day after city council approval
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vetoed an expanded needle exchange program just one day after the city council passed the ordinance. Johnson vetoed City Council Ordinance 24-1791 on Tuesday.