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 ...

"I see it all the time.The ambulances and people OD'ing become part of the scenery." However, there is now a new addition to the landscape in an area known in Surrey as "the strip." Beginning Thursday ...

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced his intentions to bring a supervised drug injection site to his city during his second term as a way to limit overdoses. “This is something that we want to ...

Just three months after a stinging veto by former Governor Jerry Brown, two state lawmakers reintroduced a bill that would allow a pilot supervised injection site to open in San Francisco. Lesbian ...

Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia on Feb. 6 filed a civil lawsuit against the nonprofit group Safehouse, which plans to open a supervised space in Philadelphia for people to use illicit drugs, ...

Fraser Health Authority says they are pursuing an "aggressive" strategy to reduce overdoses in the Lower Mainland, including a possible supervised injection site in Surrey. Forty-three overdoses have ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. A Rhode Island nonprofit is set to open a state-sanctioned site for illicit drug use this week, making it just the second organization in the ...

Myra Smith walked into the Wilson Library Branch with her mind made up about supervised substance use centers: “It is NOT coming to the Hill. It’s not.” She left with more openness to the concept as a ...

The Ford government has confirmed that nine of the 10 supervised consumption sites it will force to close by the end of March have been greenlit to transition into intensive addiction recovery hubs.

The closure of the supervised injection site at the Somerset West Community Health Centre earlier this month was quickly ...