Now that Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Senate Bill 57, which would have established safe consumption site pilot programs in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles, the city has an opportunity to ...

Controversial bills to legalize overdose prevention centers were back in the spotlight Monday, as a committee leader touted recent gains in reducing the state’s volume of fatal opioid-related ...

A federal judge on Wednesday struck down the Trump administration's latest attempt to block the opening of a proposed supervised injection facility in Philadelphia. U.S. District Judge Gerald McHugh ...

President Trump’s plan to curb “urban disorder” could spell the end of “safe injection sites” that flout federal drug laws. The idea that local governments have to comply with federal law has, ...

FOR A HISTORY of recent drugs policy in America, look to a decommissioned church in Philadelphia. Still home to a forlorn-looking organ, it is now Prevention Point, a non-profit trying to help addicts ...

After Denver City Council approved an ordinance that would create a "safe injection site" for drug use in the city, many 9NEWS viewers wanted to know exactly how that would work. While the site has ...

The Trump administration is escalating its push against what has become a key part of the way states, localities and communities respond to the overdose epidemic: harm reduction. A public health ...

I know what it’s like to be without a safe place. I grew up underhoused — living in motels, camping trailers or with roommates, squeezed into a single room with my mom and sister. Later, I lived in my ...