Nov. 14—BEDFORD — A Bedford County man was jailed after a state trooper was stuck with a hypodermic needle while searching the man's pockets during a drug arrest, authorities alleged. State police in ...

Workers at “needle exchange” spots across the city may be forced to collect used drug syringes that end up as litter under a new bill unveiled Thursday. Council member Oswald Feliz’s new bill would ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- On a BART ride into San Francisco from the East Bay one of our reporters came across hypodermic needles left behind on a seat and immediately started asking questions. BART ...

OAKLAND (KGO) -- As people use drugs in BART stations and discard needles on trains the transit agency says it's doing more than just cleaning up the hazardous waste. BART is part of a pilot program ...

They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass. They wash into rivers and float downstream to land on beaches. They pepper baseball dugouts, sidewalks and streets. Syringes left by ...

A little over 10 years ago, Scott County experienced the largest outbreak of HIV in rural America. Out of the almost 200 ...

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CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — As of Jan. 1, the drug and needle collection bins in the front lobby of the Cheektowaga Police Department are collecting more dust than hazardous items. “Very shortly the bins are ...

Five new needle bins have been installed across a city to help crack down on discarded drug paraphernalia. Peterborough City Council said it worked with organisations including Cambridgeshire Police, ...

FURIOUS residents in the Calton area have said new drug bins in the area 'normalise' needles on their streets. They met at a public meeting to share their continued fears over the 'increase in ...