PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The number of syringes exchanged under a Multnomah County-funded program jumped to 5.5 million last year, up from 2016’s record of nearly 4 million. Meanwhile, the ...

Barre leaders say they're excited used needle disposal boxes are being used. We reported that they've collected tens of thousands of sharps in just six months. Now, members of the Greater Barre Safe ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On the heels of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommending more access to clean syringes in the Kanawha County as HIV cases rise in the county, a new syringe ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- With heroin use soaring, a city park now has a drop box for syringes – and it is a first for New York City. As WCBS 880's Alex Silverman reported, the drop box looks more like ...

An investigation has revealed an assortment of drug paraphernalia littered throughout a Bronx public park despite city-placed syringe disposal boxes meant to deal with the loose needles found ...

The city Sanitation Department reported picking up 32,680 syringes in public places from July through October – a 36% increase from the same period the previous year, according a management report ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – For several months now, WCCO has been looking into the needle littering problem in parts of Minneapolis. The city is installing it's 11th syringe drop box this week in north ...

Eighteen months ago, in a van parked on a city street corner, a heroin user dropped a syringe into a red plastic box marked with a hazardous waste warning. Nashville had gathered its first dirty ...