BOSTON - The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is supporting controversial supervised injection sites for the first time as deadly overdoses reach record levels. A new DPH report says there ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Overdose-related calls to Island EMS have gone up, deaths have increased and the drug supply is 'ever so changing,' says Tessa ...

The first supervised injection site in the Bay State could be coming to Worcester after a local board backed opening a facility in the city. The Worcester Board of Health has unanimously voted to OK ...

Mayor London Breed and members of Glide Memorial Methodist Church this week announced plans to open a supervised injection facility demonstration project in the Tenderloin in late August. Dubbed Safer ...

Governor Maura Healey’s DPH now supports the idea of creating sites where people can take illegal drugs under medical supervision. While no panacea, they’re worth trying as a way to reduce overdose ...

The state Department of Public Health is reiterating its support for supervised injection sites, saying they would help “prevent fatal overdoses” in the Bay State after a local board backed opening a ...

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.

Ottawa’s last supervised drug consumption sites will close for good this week, and many within that community warn the city ...

For years, the idea of establishing supervised drug injection sites has been a long-standing goal for some progressive California leaders looking to address the burgeoning overdose crisis. Efforts to ...