With no opposition expressed, Madison County Commissioners are expected to extend the needle-exchange program for two years through 2027. On Tuesday, the commissioners voted to consider the extension ...

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

But syringe exchange programs became an easy target for politicians ... that called for a one-to-one exchange of a contaminated needle for a clean one. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Mayor Mike Johnston vetoed it Tuesday evening. Denver would eliminate its limit on the number of needle exchange programs that can operate in the city and remove restrictions on their location ...

SANFORD (WGME) -- The city of Sanford will consider an emergency ordinance to address frustration over dirty syringes. The city council could vote on Tuesday on a plan to amend the city's current ...

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.

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 ...

New York City Councilmember Oswald Feliz introduced legislation Thursday to require the city to deal with discarded needles ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...