Drug overdose deaths remain one of the greatest health crises facing our state, with drug overdoses increasing in 46 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties in 2020. At the same time, Pennsylvania is facing the ...

Decades of research show that syringe programs increase public order, reduce syringe litter, decrease needle-stick injuries, ...

As Indiana officials struggled to contain an outbreak of HIV among people who injected drugs, then-Gov. Mike Pence reluctantly followed the urgings of public health officials and cleared the way for ...

A bill to legalize syringe services programs across the state that recently cleared a key Pennsylvania House committee in a mostly party-line vote is getting a mixed reaction from lawmakers, treatment ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Syringe services programs — sites where people who use drugs can access sterile syringes and dispose of injection equipment — often face political backlash. But a ...

Renewing and sustaining syringe exchange programs is essential to protecting public health, saving lives and maintaining the ...

On Oct. 27, there was a major rally in Harrisburg to support the expansion of syringe services programs (SSPs) in Pennsylvania. The rally was attended by legislators, state government officials, ...

Katherine Hill is an epidemiologist, harm reduction researcher and PhD candidate at the Yale School of Public Health studying the drug supply in the Northeastern U.S. Both her grandmother and father ...

An Indiana House committee advanced an amended bill this week that would extend syringe services programs by two years. Some ...

House Bill 4413 would ban syringe services programs in West Virginia, requiring existing programs to cease operations.