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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lawmakers dropped the controversial idea to pursue so-called safe injection sites in a compromise addiction and substance use disorder bill they filed Tuesday after months of private negotiations.

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 ...

U.S. Attorney Leah Foley shot back at a local newspaper advocating for the state to ignore federal law and authorize safe injection sites, where people can safely use pre-obtained, illegal drugs ...

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