EUREKA, Calif. — The dirty needles can be found scattered among the pine and brush, littering the forest floor around Eureka, a town long celebrated as a gateway to the scenic Redwood Empire. They are ...

CONNERSVILLE, Ind. (AP) Officials in an eastern Indiana county that had dozens of heroin overdoses last fall are the latest to seek approval for a needle-exchange program aimed at helping curtail ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (DC News Now) — Authorities are still trying to determine the cause of a New Year’s Eve apartment fire in Hagerstown. When firefighters responded to a fire on the 200 block of Jonathan ...

Syringes are probably among the top three concerns that I hear from the business community,” the CEO of the local chamber of ...

They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass. They wash into rivers and float downstream to land on beaches. They pepper baseball dugouts, sidewalks and streets. Syringes left by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NYC workers may be forced to clean up drug needles next to syringe ‘exchange’ spots thanks to new bill Workers at “needle exchange ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Needle exchange programs in Utah are giving as many as 10 new syringes for just one used syringe, and a state lawmaker said it’s enabling illegal drug use. “We need to help ...

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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 bill would ...