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 ...

Needle exchanges in Western Australia are reporting dramatic increases in people accessing their services for peptide use.

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 ...

Syringe service providers will be required to report syringe return rates to the state health department, and provide free ...

A state employee printed pamphlets for the Idaho Harm Reduction Project that detailed step-by-step instructions on how to use several drugs, including methamphetamine and crack cocaine, before the ...

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 ...

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 ...

To the editor — As primary care and addiction medicine physicians, we are deeply concerned about the Yakima City Council discussion that could decrease access to syringe service programs (SSPs). SSPs ...

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 ...

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 ...

PUEBLO, Colo. — City officials in Pueblo met on Monday to discuss an ordinance that would prohibit the exchange of syringes in Pueblo's city limits. After deliberating through the night, the majority ...