It’s about preventing avoidable illness and death and improving public safety,” Monroe County Commissioner Jody Madeira said.

The state legislature is taking the wrong course in its attempt to shut down funding for syringe exchange programs. Its success shows they work.

As neighbors cheer Friday's decision, lawmakers have expressed concern about the loss of harm reduction services.

Syringe exchange programs in Indiana, which provide clean needles and naloxone, are under threat as lawmakers debate ...

The Howard Center has announced it will close its Safe Recovery Program site on Clark Street by the end of June this year.

Erin Seacat works the syringe exchange window on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, on the lower level of Damien Center in Indianapolis.

After little to no discussion Tuesday night, the Auburn City Council voted on a first reading to extend its moratorium on new needle exchange programs for another 180 days.

Alan Witchey, president and chief executive officer of Damien Center speaks in support of Senate Bill 91 on Wednesday. Photo by Arianna Hunt, TheStatehouseFile.com. A little over 10 years ago, Scott ...

The country is facing a drug overdose crisis, and those impacts are felt in the Pacific Northwest as well. The man at the center of a controversial independent needle exchange program in North Bend ...

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — Inside a storage room at the Clark County Health Department are boxes with taped-on signs reading, “DO NOT USE.” They contain cookers and sterile water that people use to shoot ...