PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Three years after the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a law authorizing a pilot program for harm reduction centers, construction has now finished at the state’s first ...

Friday marked the final day of a mock safe-injection site in Boston designed to familiarize the public with what a potential facility might look like. "We want to demystify safe-injection sites and ...

Lawmakers dropped the controversial idea to pursue safe injection sites in a compromise addiction and substance use disorder bill they filed Tuesday after months of private negotiations. Reps. Alice ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Lawmakers dropped the controversial idea to pursue so-called safe injection sites in a compromise addiction and substance use disorder bill they filed Tuesday after months of private ...

The Minnesota Department of Human Services is accepting proposals from groups that want to operate safe recovery sites. The request for proposals closes this month, and grantees are expected to be ...

A used needle is seen on the ground on Friday, March 22, 2024, in Baker Park in Grants Pass, Ore. The two candidates vying to represent District 7 on Boston City Council have different opinions about ...

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to crack down on U.S. cities that are considering opening medically-supervised drug injection sites to curb increasing rates of fatal drug overdoses, according to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Governor Brown vetoed legislation that would have allowed San Francisco to open the nation's first supervised drug injection site. Last month, a mock drug injection site had ...

Overdose prevention advocates lobby legislators at the state Capitol to support a measure that would allow for the establishment of overdose prevention centers in Connecticut. Credit: Katy Golvala / ...