Carrothers distributes some 300 to 400 syringes each week. But the need to help IV drug users continues to mount. She’s now talking with a Lutheran church in Fayetteville and Episcopal churches ...

Some supporters of syringe services programs operate underground. Carla Sofronski, executive director of the Pennsylvania Harm Reduction Network, said she’s not aware of anyone ever facing ...

Opioid settlement money is supposed to expand syringe services. Pa.’s drug laws stand in the way. Published: ; Nov. 29, 2023, 5:13 a.m.

Though sterile syringes can be purchased from pharmacies without a prescription, handing out free ones to make drug use safer is generally considered illegal — or at least in a gray area — in ...

UTAH’S SYRINGE EXCHANGES<br>Utah has had three syringe exchanges that distributed a preliminary total of 187,783 syringes and collected 70,528 between Dec. 1, 2016, and June 30 — most of them ...

Opioid settlement money is supposed to expand syringe services. Pa.’s drug laws stand in the way. By Sarah Boden, Ed Mahon | Spotlight PA. Published November 29, 2023 at 5:35 AM EST ...

Page 1: The 2007 Study of Injectable Medication Errors gathered opinions of 1,039 U.S. nurses about errors related to injectable medications and syringe labeling.

A syringe disposal box for drug users to safely discard used needles in Richman Echo Park. Stephen Yang Concerned residents say it’s hard to walk through the park without seeing needles everywhere.

Pennsylvania’s secretary of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Latika Davis-Jones, in May publicly suggested officials should use opioid settlement funds for this very purpose, saying “there ...

This Bronx organization is cleaning up a local park one syringe at a time 02:43. NEW YORK - A New York City organization is taking action to clean up drug needles and syringes littering a South ...

Workers at “needle exchange” spots across the city may be forced to collect used drug syringes that end up as litter under a new bill unveiled Thursday. Council member Oswald Feliz’s new ...