“Oh, the drug state,” the driver says, giggling. Wear it with pride. Take comfort in the opening lyrics of Copper Chief’s hit song “Snakeskin Boots.” “This here’s a song about ...

Local injection. Your doctor injects a local anesthetic drug under the skin or deeper. ... Local anesthetic drugs are injected near nerves to block the pain from the area supplied by the nerve.

San Francisco is in the process of allowing local non-profits to open so-called supervised injection sites in the city, a step that local Democratic leaders say would limit overdoses among drug ...

Share this Story : Derek Finkle: Controversial drug injection sites among Carney's first challenges. Copy Link; ... a local community organization called Action Sandy Hill sent a 10-page letter to ...

PITTSBURGH — A local drug prevention organization is speaking out after the Pennsylvania State Senate voted overwhelmingly to ban safe injection sites across the Commonwealth. The sites are ...

The injection contains a local anesthetic or saline, and may include a corticosteroid. With the injection, the trigger point is made inactive and the pain is alleviated. Often, a brief course of ...

San Francisco plans to try to thread a legislative needle to allow the opening of safe injection sites in the city. Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Hillary Ronen announced Wednesday the expected ...

The commonwealth’s authority to buck federal law and legalize drug-injection consumption sites dominated a legislative hearing Monday, as some health-care providers and local officials insisted ...

The first two officially sanctioned safe injection sites to open in the U.S. — both located in New York City — did not lead to an increase in crime in surrounding neighborhoods, and by some ...

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 ...

San Francisco officials have been hesitating to set up safe consumption sites, citing legal concerns. So, a local nonprofit is filling in those shoes until more can be done.