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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

KNOXVILLE — A new program in Knoxville aims to reduce the spread of disease and put a dent in the overdose epidemic. The Syringe Service Program allows drug users to exchange dirty syringes used to ...

Evergreen Health Services’ syringe-exchange program has started in Jamestown. Kimberly Lombard, Evergreen Health Services senior director of grants management and quality, said the program stared in ...