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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO - 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 ...

Ozempic (semaglutide) is injected once weekly under the skin of your abdomen, upper arm, or thigh. Your doctor will show you how to do this before your first dose. To prevent skin issues, rotate your ...

Editors’ Note: Knowledgeable Brooklynites with insights into their own drug problems will sometimes find themselves drawn to a spot near the 125th Street subway and Metro North stations, far north of ...

Is the Biden administration backing away from its tenuous support for supervised injection sites? The Department of Justice’s latest move regarding Philadelphia’s contentious Safehouse supervised ...

FILE - Supplies for drug users are seen at an overdose prevention center, OnPoint NYC, in New York, Feb. 18, 2022. The city of Providence, Rhode Island, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2204, has approved the ...

(*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 ...

Injection site reactions are the most common side effect of Emgality. The most frequent injection site reaction is pain. But there are steps you can take to help prevent or reduce pain from Emgality ...

Once the national leader in the charge to open a supervised injection site, the nonprofit group is mired in legal battles, with no clear path out. File Photo: Safe injection site supporters in ...

Local legislators put a new bill before the City Council on May 11 to ban supervised injection sites in certain neighborhoods. Councilmember Quetcy Lozada is leading the effort. (Emma Lee/WHYY) ...