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 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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...