According to multiple reports, the City of Worcester could become the first community in Massachusetts to open an overdose prevention center for users of heroin, fentanyl, or other illegal drugs under ...

After Denver City Council approved an ordinance that would create a "safe injection site" for drug use in the city, many 9NEWS viewers wanted to know exactly how that would work. While the site has ...

A U.S. Attorney has told Seattle officials “don’t go there” when it comes to safe injection sites. And Mayor Jenny Durkan has said she is taking the threat seriously. Now, it’s time for a doctor to ...

Safe Injection Practices Checklist: 12 Critical Rules to Follow Ambulatory surgery centers have made significant strides over the past several years in improving their infection prevention efforts, ...

The amendment was rejected on a voice vote, with no public discussion from other senators. Some amendments were adopted on the floor to the section of the bill related to safe injection sites, ...

Colorado is one step closer to becoming the second state in the nation to legalize “supervised drug consumption” sites, also known as safe injection sites or overdose prevention sites, as labeled in ...

New York reporter Jennifer Peltz and lead Department of Justice reporter Mike Balsamo teamed up to break the news that the DOJ is reversing course and is now studying opening sites for people to use ...

In November, Donald Trump made significant electoral gains in New York’s black and Latino neighborhoods, and in the city’s least affluent communities. Now he is poised to take an important step to ...

Lawmakers dropped a controversial idea, supported by health officials in Worcester, to pursue so-called safe injection sites in a compromise addiction and substance use disorder bill they filed ...

With the proposal for safe injection sites in Denver sitting on the Capitol's doorstep, 9NEWS decided to take a look at other areas that have implemented similar ordinances. The largest city to create ...

Obviously, the topic of safe injection sites in King County, and elsewhere, is controversial. We should encourage debate and dialogue, but instead, some advocates are trying to silence opponents by ...