The United States’ opioid problem has steadily been getting worse. In 2022, more than 110,000 people died of drug overdoses, "two-thirds of whom succumbed to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl," ...

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 ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Carrying signs, protesters stood outside the Colorado State Capitol on Monday to urge lawmakers to reject the creation of safe injection sites for drugs. The Denver City Council passed ...

José Benitez believes so strongly that his public-health nonprofit has an effective approach to helping people who use drugs that his organization has taken the U.S. Justice Department to court. He is ...

South Riverdale's security footage showed six different drug dealers outside the site seconds before her fatal shooting ...

Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local ...

The Department of Justice is reportedly considering opening safe injection sites despite saying during the Trump administration that they were “utterly incompatible” with how local governments should ...

Philadelphia has yet to open a safe injection site, despite support from Mayor Jim Kenney and other political leaders like former Gov. Ed Rendell. In Toronto, Canada, however, several sites are ...

San Francisco lawmakers unveiled plans on Tuesday to "fast track" the opening of supervised injection centers, where individuals can openly use illegal drugs under the care of trained professionals.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) --More than a year after a court victory against supervised injection sites, the Department of Justice now indicates it might be willing to allow them. The sites let users ...

For months, the city of San Francisco has been pushing to open so-called supervised injection sites as the controversial Tenderloin Linkage Center closed. However, operators of the proposed new sites ...

If you’ve never heard of “safe injection sites” — public facilities for drug users to consume heroin, fentanyl and methamphetamine under the supervision of medical staff — you probably will soon. In ...