Safe Injection News Today

Robert Kent joins Capital Tonight.

In one of the most rural corners of America, Washington County, Maine, a non-profit helps promote harm reduction programs for drug users.

Forcible relocation makes people sicker by causing isolation, infection and loss of medication. Instead, let’s make encampments safer and bolster public health and affordable-housing funding.

By a 14-1 vote, Philadelphia City Council voted to override Mayor Jim Kenneys veto of an overlay district ordinance that would keep supervised narcotic injection sites out of all the

The Charlottetown safe injection site variance for a site on Park Street, which has caused much controversy throughout in recent months, has been denied by city council.

In Portland’s version of Mass and Cass, efforts to sweep away homelessness are being challenged.

Protesters gathered on the steps of city hall Friday evening, saying the city's clearing of encampments is traumatizing to unhoused people

As money from national settlements with companies accused of fueling the opioid epidemic has begun flowing into Maine, a debate has emerged between advocates, local and state governments, and on-the-ground providers over spending priorities for...

A nationwide coalition urges support for community-based organizations while some municipalities already plan to expand existing programs.

Initial spending in Maine shows a preference for existing programs, particularly those involving law enforcement.