Frustrated with used needles littering city streets, some local officials have called for renewed restrictions on syringe service programs, which they say contribute to the recent rise in needle waste ...

Lewiston’s needle exchange program could soon face major changes, as a group of residents pushes to tighten the city’s harm ...

Needle-sharing programs, also referred to as needle exchange or syringe services programs, are integral to public health efforts. These initiatives supply clean needles and syringes to individuals who ...

Pueblo City Council banned needle exchange programs from operating in the city on May 13, but what’s been the fallout so far? In a 5-2 vote, council approved an ordinance that effectively bans people ...

A discarded needle is seen March 27 in an alleyway in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Staff Photographer) More than half a dozen residents spoke out Monday against allowing a syringe exchange program to ...

Needle and syringe programs are a proven public health intervention that provide free, sterile injecting equipment to people who use drugs. By reducing needle sharing, these programs help prevent the ...

A new state report documents the drop after the longstanding service provider known as HEAL folded at the end of 2024.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Pueblo City Council debates whether to ban syringe access programs in the city, the agencies that operate them in Pueblo are ...

A recently published study from Karolinska Institutet shows that mortality among people who inject drugs enrolled in the Stockholm needle and syringe program declined over a 10-year period, with a ...