A registered nurse treats Dominic Rodriguez for a skin injury related to xylazine use in Philadelphia in May 2023. Treatment vans are allowed in the city, but not supervised injection sites. Matt ...
In the summer before my freshman year of high school, my aunt succumbed to complications stemming from her substance use disorder. Raised in a low-income family in Bourbonnais, Illinois, she faced ...
Across the Bay Area, coroners are reporting about half as many overdose deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl than during ...
NEW YORK — On a recent Thursday afternoon, Antoine Balimr prepared to inject drugs. On a wall behind him, bold blue letters spelled out the mission of this unusual place. “This site saves lives.” ...
Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local ...
BOSTON — Two days before Christmas in 2016, Dr. James Baker celebrated the holiday with his 23-year-old son, Max. That day, Baker, a physician, and Max, who was in recovery from heroin addiction, ...
FILE - Supplies for drug users are seen at an overdose prevention center, OnPoint NYC, in New York, Feb. 18, 2022. The city of Providence, Rhode Island, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2204, has approved the ...
Editors’ Note: Knowledgeable Brooklynites with insights into their own drug problems will sometimes find themselves drawn to a spot near the 125th Street subway and Metro North stations, far north of ...
PROVIDENCE – Hailing it as a “game changer,” the City Council on Thursday unanimously approved the establishment of the nation’s first state-regulated overdose prevention center on Willard Avenue, ...