NEW YORK (AP) — The first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics have been cleared to open in New York City in hopes of curbing deadly overdoses, officials said ...

There is no doubt the Adams administration’s decision to open five more “safe injection sites” by 2025 is motivated by a sincere effort to reduce the wave of drug overdoses that claimed the lives of ...

José Benitez believes so strongly that his public-health nonprofit has an effective approach to helping people who use drugs that his organization has taken the U.S. Justice Department to court. He is ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A bill allowing drug users to inject themselves in the presence of trained staff is headed to Governor Newsom's desk. It's a controversial bill that would legalize a pilot ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- In the ongoing battle against the drug overdose crisis, San Francisco Mayor London Breed publicly promised this week to get tougher on drug dealers and users, while more quietly ...

Shamise Jacobs has noticed a change in the six years she’s lived in Baltimore’s Park Heights neighborhood. The area is quieter, and streets feel safer. She attributes that, at least in part, to the ...