As Burlington contends with a worsening drug crisis, city councilors are looking for ways to address one of its most visible symptoms: syringe litter. Burlington city councilors on Monday unanimously ...

The Burlington needle exchange program will undergo a study in the coming months, addressing the growing problem of syringes littered on city streets in conjunction with the growing drug crisis.

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 ...

With the Salvation Army as her across-the-alley neighbors, Sharon Ore has dealt with her fair share of trouble caused by transients during her 33 years on North Jefferson Avenue. But there’s been a ...

LOWELL — Do syringe service programs, where persons who inject drugs can access sterile needles and syringes, belong near schools and parks and other areas that attract families and children? And does ...

AUGUSTA — City officials are considering seeking a partner to create a system to pay people for turning in used hypodermic needles littering city streets. Kevin Judkins, Ward 2 city councilor, ...

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THE CAUSE OF DEATH. EL DORADO COUNTY IS EXPECTING TO FACE A LAWSUIT OVER A NEW ORDINANCE ON NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS. THAT ORDINANCE BANS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS ...

A needle exchange program is no longer being proposed in Santa Ana after the Harm Reduction Institute pulled its application with the state to provide the service. This comes after a years’ long ...

A needle exchange program in Sanford, Maine, is pausing operations for one year due to public health and safety concerns. The agreement is a compromise between the city, the nonprofit Maine Access ...