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 ...
The United States’ opioid problem has steadily been getting worse. In 2022, more than 110,000 people died of drug overdoses, "two-thirds of whom succumbed to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl," ...
San Francisco health officials are moving forward with a plan to launch two safe injection sites for intravenous drug users in July without the blessing of state officials, according to a report the ...
The typical SIS is stocked with clean syringes, alcohol wipes, straws, oxygen and naloxone, an overdose-reversing drug. Staff members, some of whom have experience with drug addiction in the past, ...
Nearly 200 stakeholders, who convened at Premier healthcare alliance and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition’s open meeting, developed 22 safe injection practices. Proceedings, background materials ...
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A Safe Injection Site in Harlem where drug use is tolerated with little fear of consequence. The result: A sea of used needles and increase in illicit behaviors now fill local streets. Los Angeles ...
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