Background: In Iran, there are an estimated 200,000 injecting drug users (IDUs). Injecting drug use is a relatively new phenomenon for this country, where opium smoking was the predominant form of ...

Most people believe that smoking major drugs like heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, or cocaine is much safer than injecting the drug. After all, there are serious risks of major skin abscesses with ...

One in nine people in prisons globally have a history of injecting drug use and their risk of HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis is up to 45 times higher than in the general population. Yet access ...

Katie carefully takes a syringe out of its packet. She pricks the top of a small jar of blue liquid and pulls the plunger up. She turns and jabs the needle into her bum cheek and gives the camera a ...

Results from the latest Syringe Services Program (SSP) Health Survey reveal that, since 2021, there has been a 49 percentage point decrease in respondents injecting drugs. In 2025, 90% of respondents ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the weeks leading up to what was expected to be a second attempt to execute Idaho’s longest-serving death row prisoner, state ...

Following the execution of Billy Ray Irick, many had questions about the lethal injection drug cocktail used to kill him, and if he felt pain in his final moments. Midazolam, vecuronium bromide and ...

While it might seem a little intimidating at first, the process is designed to be simple. However, it’s good to know what to do if an injection doesn’t go exactly as planned. This article will walk ...