LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A bold plan to provide places for people to use illegal drugs making its way through the California legislature. The bill would allow supervised injection sites. Los Angeles is ...
Bioengineers in South Korea have succeeded in developing an intravenous needle (IV) that can bend and flex as it enters the human body. The softening IV needle is rigid at room temperature, similar to ...
As recently as his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden decried the wave of fentanyl overdose deaths in the U.S., decrying the fact that, as he said, “fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 ...
For years, the idea of establishing supervised drug injection sites has been a long-standing goal for some progressive California leaders looking to address the burgeoning overdose crisis. Efforts to ...
A significant bill is being considered in the Colorado Legislature, with the potential to greatly impact Front Range residents. If approved, HB24-1028 would authorize the use of “safe injection sites, ...
For patients who rely on monoclonal antibodies and other biologic drugs, treatment often means hours tethered to an IV pole while a clear bag slowly empties into a vein. A new generation of ...
Heroin addicts in New York City can take their drugs to an “overdose prevention center,” where clean needles and alcohol swabs await. There, in partitioned booths worthy of a library, they can shoot ...
BOSTON — An ongoing wave of fatal opioid overdoses has revived a push on Beacon Hill for state-sanctioned sites where addicts can inject drugs under the supervision of health care workers. Lawmakers ...
Heroin addicts in New York City can take their drugs to an “overdose prevention center,” where clean needles and alcohol swabs await. There, in partitioned booths worthy of a library, they can shoot ...