The City of Seattle is considering the development of a program that would provide safe, structured place for addicts to inject heroin. But just north of the border, the City of Vancouver, British ...

The Boston City Council struck down a resolution opposing safe injection sites, with proponents rejecting notions that legalizing such centers would incentivize addicts to shoot up and saying that ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Supervised drug centers are what a proposed state bill would allow - giving people the opportunity to use illegal drugs in a safe space. "I was a heroin addict," 34-year-old ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- One day after the governor rejected plans for San Francisco to have the nation's first safe injection site, it's back to the drawing board for the city. It's clear most of the ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The top federal prosecutor in Philadelphia has filed suit to stop a nonprofit from opening a first-in-the-nation supervised drug injection site to address the city's opioid problem.

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 / ...

Has the time finally arrived to challenge prevailing federal law in an effort to save addicts’ lives? Among the priorities of a major Massachusetts physicians group this legislative session includes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Religious Claims Provide 3rd Circuit Win for Proposed Safe Injection Site in Phila., Following Years of Setbacks 4 minute read July 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM ...

There is a glimmer — the slightest bright spot — of good news about drug overdoses in New York. The city’s Health Department reports that overdose deaths in 2023 declined compared to the previous year ...