City Council voted to override Mayor Jim Kenney's veto of a bill that prohibits supervised injection sites from opening in most Philadelphia neighborhoods. City Council pushed the bill into law with a ...

The first two officially sanctioned safe injection sites to open in the U.S. — both located in New York City — did not lead to an increase in crime in surrounding neighborhoods, and by some measures, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The death toll is staggering. More than 1,400 people died of a drug overdose in Philadelphia in 2022. For perspective, 516 died from gun violence. In September, Philadelphia City ...

Sanctioned centers that allow people to use illegal drugs freely, indoors, under the care of trained staff, could soon become a reality in San Francisco. On Thursday, a trio of lawmakers on the city’s ...

There is a glimmer — the slightest bright spot — of good news about drug overdoses in New York. The city’s Health Department reports that overdose deaths in 2023 declined compared to the previous year ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

BOSTON — Two days before Christmas in 2016, Dr. James Baker celebrated the holiday with his 23-year-old son, Max. That day, Baker, a physician, and Max, who was in recovery from heroin addiction, ...

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 ...

Jannet van der Veen has received income from Brugernes Akademi. Synøve Nygaard Andersen received funding from The Research Council of Norway (grant #288083). Jordan Hyatt and Tony Joakim Ananiassen ...