It can seem counterintuitive to provide clean syringes to individuals who inject drugs. After all, why make it easier to consume illicit substances that are increasingly resulting in overdoses? In the ...

As Indiana officials struggled to contain an outbreak of HIV among people who injected drugs, then-Gov. Mike Pence reluctantly followed the urgings of public health officials and cleared the way for ...

Kim Botteicher hardly thinks of herself as a criminal. On the main floor of a former Catholic church in Bolivar, Pennsylvania, Botteicher runs a flower shop and cafe. In the former church’s basement, ...

A bill to legalize distribution of clean needles and syringes to drug users was approved by a state House committee on Wednesday, with support from both Democrats and Republicans Pennsylvania is one ...

Pennsylvania is one of a dozen states where providing drug users with clean syringes to help prevent infection is not authorized. Now there's a push to change the state law. People who work in ...

New Hampshire lawmakers are considering a bill that would require that organizations that distribute clean syringes for needle-exchange programs do more to keep them out of public parks and busy ...

Rep. Jim Struzzi (R, Indiana) is the bill's co-sponsor. He addressed the state House Judiciary Committee before a vote on HB 1245. The state House Judiciary Committee Wednesday advanced a bill that ...

“It’s terrible. I have had hundreds and hundreds of complaints from the residents in that area. They want to see it gone because it’s a threat.” “Needs-based exchange is considered best practice by ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow clean syringe services to operate legally across the commonwealth. The Pa. House Judiciary Committee voted 15-10 last ...