The country is facing a drug overdose crisis, and those impacts are felt in the Pacific Northwest as well. The man at the center of a controversial independent needle exchange program in North Bend ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 new Australian-first study from the Burnet Institute has found that every dollar invested in Australian prison needle and syringe programs could save more than two dollars in treatment costs for ...