Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

Despite passionate opposition in the past to the needle distribution program at Christine Emerson Reed Park, Santa Monica’s representation during a community meeting held both in-person and over Zoom ...

Carroll County State’s Attorney Haven Shoemaker has sent a letter to the county’s health officer, objecting to the county’s participation in a state program that includes the collection and ...

Santa Monica residents and parents secured thousands of signatures as they prepared to sue the city to halt Los Angeles County’s needle distribution program. The needle distribution program has been ...

LOWELL — Do syringe service programs, where persons who inject drugs can access sterile needles and syringes, belong near schools and parks and other areas that attract families and children? And does ...

CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. –After 10 years, the Cabell Huntington Health Department will be ending its syringe distribution program, which is a part of the larger harm reduction initiative. Holly Smith ...

Editor’s note: This commentary is a response to the Register editorial “Santa Ana needs better plan for needle exchange,” published December 31. “Harm reduction” programs have significantly impacted ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The Fargo City Commission voted 3-2 Monday night to continue the city’s needle distribution program, rejecting a motion to end it immediately. Commissioner Michelle ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- Concerned parents and community members in Santa Monica met at Reed Park to protest Los Angeles County's controversial needle distribution program, saying it's ...

Pueblo City Council’s decision earlier this week to ban syringe distribution to injection-drug users in its city limits prompted an El Paso County commissioner to check into the issue. What ...