WARSAW — Realizing they were throwing away more and more hypodermic needles — on track with rising heroin cases — Kosciusko County police installed a new tool to improve efficiency and possibly reduce ...

The town of Sandwich thought it had found a solution for one problem: safely disposing of discarded drug needles. It came as the community struggled with the opioid crisis. But along the way, the town ...

Las Vegas health officials are turning a familiar piece of equipment — the vending machine — into a first-in-the-nation experiment to automate the dispensing of clean needles for intravenous drug ...

HAZARDOUS WASTE: A large needle box is located on Buncombe County property in front of Pack Memorial Library on Haywood Street. Photo by Jessica Wakeman In September 2018, Malaprops Bookstore/Cafe ...

In April 2017, the pending implementation of a unique needle exchange vending machine for intravenous drug users was confirmed by public health officials in the city of Las Vegas. Described as the ...

Needle exchange programs are generally considered a huge success. In New York state, the programs have been credited with virtually eradicating the transmission of AIDS through contaminated needles.

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. College students who use injectable medications while on campus often face a difficult conundrum: Do ...

PLYMOUTH – When it comes to disposing of used hypodermic needles, sometimes you have to think inside the box. That was the case for Jerry Levine and Barry Potvin of the town’s Board of Health. They ...

LAS VEGAS -- Southern Nevada will soon become the first place in the country to have vending machines that dispense free needles to drug addicts. They look just like any other vending machine, except ...