This week, Berkshire County advocates joined a virtual statehouse hearing on three bills that would establish safe injection sites...
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Rhode Island’s legislature passed a bill to open the first injection sites in the US to create harm reduction...
ABC News – No state in the U.S. has legalized safe consumption sites yet. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — There’s...
Los Angeles Blade News – Legislation that legalizes overdose prevention programs, also known as safe consumption sites or safe...
NPR – Currently, such facilities are illegal in the United States and only exist in Canada, Australia, and 10...
CBS News – Even among advocates, you will find some who balk at the idea of a safe place...
25 News – BOSTON — A controversial approach to battling the opioid epidemic could get new life under the Biden...
2 KUTV News – SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Advocates are concerned lawmakers will leave substance use issues on...
Behavioral Healthcare News – Congress has made it a crime to open a property to others to use drugs....
Press Herald News – With overdose deaths on record pace during the pandemic, city officials are urged to take...
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