San Francisco health officials are moving forward with a plan to launch two safe injection sites for intravenous drug users in July without the blessing of state officials, according to a report the ...

As recently as his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden decried the wave of fentanyl overdose deaths in the U.S., decrying the fact that, as he said, “fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 ...

A significant bill is being considered in the Colorado Legislature, with the potential to greatly impact Front Range residents. If approved, HB24-1028 would authorize the use of “safe injection sites, ...

(*This story was updated at 9:43 a.m. on Friday, April 5, 2024 to correct a quotation from a spokesman for City Manager Eric Batista.) As deaths caused by opioid overdoses continue to rise yearly in ...

San Francisco plans to try to thread a legislative needle to allow the opening of safe injection sites in the city. Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Hillary Ronen announced Wednesday the expected ...

BOSTON — An ongoing wave of fatal opioid overdoses has revived a push on Beacon Hill for state-sanctioned sites where addicts can inject drugs under the supervision of health care workers. Lawmakers ...

For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other illegal ...

Intravenous (IV) injection is a method commonly used in patient's treatment worldwide as it induces rapid effects and allows treatment through continuous administration of medication by directly ...