safe injection sites

Pierce County Council members are likely to vote Tuesday to ban sites where people can inject drugs under medical supervision. So-called "safe injection…

Pierce County leaders took a first step Monday toward banning safe-injection sites in unincorporated parts of the county. A committee of the County…

Snohomish County leaders have permanently banned heroin "safe-injection" sites. The county council held a public hearing Wednesday to discuss the measure,…

Opioids were a main driver in roughly 1,200 drug overdose deaths in Philadelphia last year. That's four times the city's murder rate. It's time, some officials say, to supervise, not criminalize.

A King County judge has voided a ballot measure that would have banned safe injection sites for drug users.Superior Court Judge Veronica Alicea Galvan…

The fight over safe drug-injection sites is underway in King County.Earlier this year, county leaders moved to open two of them as part of a larger plan…

Creating places where drug users could go to shoot up heroin or smoke crack is an increasingly popular idea. Treatment advocates say it’s a recognition…