Discarded needles can carry harmful blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis B or C or HIV Increasing drug use in the Southern Tier is suspected for the rise in improperly discarded needles The Southern ...
Jason Jackson, a 37-year-old native of Zebulon, who is currently on parole, was addicted to heroin for 10 years until March 14, when he enrolled into a methadone program at Southlight Healthcare, a ...
In March 2024, Oregon quashed its efforts to decriminalize illicit drugs, which would have been the first of such laws in the nation, but the debate on how to curb the growing drug overdose epidemic ...