For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other illegal ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Have you ever cleaned blood off of an intoxicated loved one’s face? How about vomit? Have you ever had a security system installed because a loved one’s ...

ALBANY — The state’s opioid advisory board released its second annual report on Wednesday, once again urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to consider the authorization of safe injection sites — a request she has ...

For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other illegal ...

The United States’ opioid problem has steadily been getting worse. In 2022, more than 110,000 people died of drug overdoses, "two-thirds of whom succumbed to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl," ...

Only two government-sanctioned “safe-injection sites” operate in the U.S., one in East Harlem, the other in Washington Heights. Their impact—on both those who use their facilities to inject hard drugs ...