Seattle's new drug enforcement approach sparks debate as police and advocates warn of rising crime and open-air drug markets ...

Seattle and San Francisco scale back harm reduction policies distributing drug supplies, signaling a shift in how West Coast cities combat the drug crisis.

PATERSON — One by one, the unhoused drug users living in an encampment along freight railroad tracks in the city's 4th Ward trudged through a hole in the fence when they saw the harm reduction workers ...

Mayor Daniel Lurie of San Francisco is ending the practice of handing out paraphernalia to drug addicts for free unless the city staff and nonprofits first attempt to push those addicts into treatment ...

For decades, Washington has mostly banned the use of federal funds for needle-exchange programs for drug addicts. The originator of the ban was uber-conservative North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms.