Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dorothy Waterhouse, program director for the syringe exchange program at the Clark County Health Department, opens a cabinet ...

Syringes are probably among the top three concerns that I hear from the business community,” the CEO of the local chamber of commerce said.

It’s about preventing avoidable illness and death and improving public safety,” Monroe County Commissioner Jody Madeira said.

In March 2024, Oregon quashed its efforts to decriminalize illicit drugs, which would have been the first of such laws in the nation, but the debate on how to curb the growing drug overdose epidemic ...

Government-supported syringe exchange programs underscore the importance of prevention in averting the consequences of ...

IN 30 YEARS, THE CITY HAS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN. 17.6 MILLION SYRINGES, AND WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION. WHILE HONORING MISUSERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. CITY ...

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 ...

Syringe exchange has always been a tough political issue in Indiana. This year, lawmakers are proposing further restrictions on the state's program.

While initially controversial, Senate Bill 91 passed both chambers by wide margins after it was made stricter in the House.

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People using Indiana's needle exchange program will have to prove they live in the county providing the service as part of new legislation.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Inside a storage room at the Clark County Health Department are boxes with taped-on signs reading, “DO NOT USE.” They contain cookers and sterile water that people use to ...