Controversial bills to legalize overdose prevention centers were back in the spotlight Monday, as a committee leader touted recent gains in reducing the state’s volume of fatal opioid-related ...

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.” ...

The Harm Reduction Therapy Center provides substance users with access to services that help them stay safer and alive. But ...

There is a glimmer—the slightest bright spot—of good news about drug overdoses in New York. The city’s Health Department reports that overdose deaths in 2023 declined compared to the previous year—but ...

Since 2021, New Yorkers have been rightly puzzled by OnPoint NYC, the “safe injection” sites where hard-drug addicts shoot up under medical supervision. After all, drugs like fentanyl and heroin are ...

Rosie Boyce, community engagement and outreach coordinator Androscoggin County Peer Navigator for the Church of Safe Injection, speaks to the press Thursday before the grand opening of the church’s ...

Without a lot of fanfare, drug counselor Miles Hamlin opened a resource hub in north Minneapolis on Tuesday for drug users to get sterile needles, fentanyl test strips and Narcan. They can shower, do ...

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 ...

Since 2021, harm-reduction organizations have distributed hundreds of thousands of sterile needles and syringes to drug users ...