Giving clean syringes to people who inject drugs has been found to curb the spread of disease. But syringe programs are being banned in many California communities. The state is fighting back.

The buyback program pays people 10 cents for every used syringe they return. Between Jan. 14 and Feb. 21, the city paid out $3,852 to participants for returning 38,252 syringes.

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 ...

Locals near a needle exchange site in a Bronx park are cheering a councilman’s proposal to require city health workers to collect hundreds of discarded syringes littering the ground.. Oswald ...

Broome's current Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) will be transferred into an exchange. It comes after residents expressed concerns over the number of discarded needles in public spaces. The local ...