Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Three years after the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a law authorizing a pilot program for harm ...

PROVIDENCE — Legislation to extend by two years a pilot program, not yet launched, to allow supervised consumption sites for people to safely consume illicit substances won final approval in the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protestors in Philadelphia. Some facilities have already been established in cities like New York City and San Francisco, while ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and other city officials are headed to Canada Tuesday to tour safe injection sites in Vancouver and Toronto, Action News has learned. "The Mayor ...

Pennsylvania's state Senate on Monday approved legislation to ban so-called safe injection sites, after Philadelphia became the center of a legal battle over opening safe havens where opioid users ...

This article is part two of Crisis in New York, a series examining the effects public policies have on the city’s already strained housing, law enforcement and drug services. Read part one. NEW YORK ...

New York City wants to have five “safe” drug injection sites up and running by 2025 – even though the Empire State is experiencing an all-time high in recorded drug overdoses. Mayor Eric Adams’ ...

There is no doubt the Adams administration’s decision to open five more “safe injection sites” by 2025 is motivated by a sincere effort to reduce the wave of drug overdoses that claimed the lives of ...

Safety injection devices, such as safety syringes and safety needles are designed to eliminate needlestick injuries while also increasing the safety of drug administration. Here are five things to ...