2002-05-24 04:00:00 PDT Sacramento-- Adults could buy up to 30 hypodermic needles at pharmacies without a doctor's prescription under a bill approved Thursday by the state Senate. Although peace ...

Days after California health officials approved their first grants for needle exchange programs to fight AIDS, the Assembly voted Tuesday to repeal a ban on the use of state funds to buy clean ...

ALBANY – People trying to buy syringes without a prescription at Bronx pharmacies should be prepared to shop around – and sometimes, to get the runaround, a new study finds. As part of a study by the ...

Discarded needles can carry harmful blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis B or C or HIV Increasing drug use in the Southern Tier is suspected for the rise in improperly discarded needles The Southern ...