PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Three years after the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a law authorizing a pilot program for harm reduction centers, construction has now finished at the state’s first ...

The United States’ opioid problem has steadily been getting worse. In 2022, more than 110,000 people died of drug overdoses, "two-thirds of whom succumbed to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl," ...

The nonprofit operating the controversial facilities doesn't track outcomes for patients experiencing cardiac arrest, strokes ...

With a bill that would allow San Francisco to pilot safe injection sites awaiting the governor’s signature, advocates and critics alike this week are being offered a glimpse of what a controlled space ...

PROVIDENCE — Legislation to extend by two years a pilot program, not yet launched, to allow supervised consumption sites for people to safely consume illicit substances won final approval in the ...

Could safe injection sites help Philadelphia's overdose crisis? In September, Philadelphia city council voted to ban what are known as safe injection sites, a major blow for advocates who say these ...

Pennsylvania's state Senate on Monday approved legislation to ban so-called safe injection sites, after Philadelphia became the center of a legal battle over opening safe havens where opioid users ...

This article is part two of Crisis in New York, a series examining the effects public policies have on the city’s already strained housing, law enforcement and drug services. Read part one. NEW YORK ...

Washington County for Safe Drinking Water hosted a public forum Tuesday evening at Washington State College of Ohio focused ...