DENVER — Under a 1997 city ordinance, needle exchange programs in Denver cannot be closer than 1,000 feet from schools and daycares. The ordinance also limits the city to opening no more than three ...

The pilot program is one attempt to address the overlapping crises of homelessness, substance use disorder and an ongoing HIV outbreak.

A new needle exchange pilot program at the Sacramento Public Library is drawing backlash from some neighbors who say they are ...

Pueblo City Council banned needle exchange programs from operating in the city on May 13, but what’s been the fallout so far? In a 5-2 vote, council approved an ordinance that effectively bans people ...

PUEBLO — Can the City of Pueblo ban needle exchange programs? On Tuesday, a judge heard arguments from both sides on whether or not the city violated state law when Pueblo City Council members passed ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Both city and county officials are speaking out after Fresno County recently approved a Free Medical Clinic and Needle Exchange program. But the plan is controversial, ...

Mayor Karen Bass is to blame for turning MacArthur Park into a “drug haven” through a city-funded program handing out needles ...

Indiana’s syringe exchange programs are poised to continue for another five years as both legislative chambers have now supported extending those efforts aimed at stemming the spread of disease among ...

In 2019, Gov. Ron DeSantis, signed the Infectious Disease Elimination Act (IDEA). This law allows county commissioners the option to start syringe exchange programs in their jurisdictions. Syringe ...

Middletown has been forced to alter its needle exchange program because of changes its partners made in response to the coronavirus. The city formerly used a truck in a partnership with Hamilton ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- The California Department of Public Health has approved the mobile Orange County Needle Exchange program to operate in Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Orange and Santa Ana. The program ...

A new needle exchange pilot program at the Sacramento Public Library is drawing backlash from some neighbors who say they are ...