MassLive

Cities like Holyoke already have drug injection sites; they’re just unsupervised and illegal

When someone overdoses on an opioid, their lips turn purple. Sometimes, their fingernails turn bluish-black. Blood drains from their face and their skin gets pale and clammy as they become trapped in ...

India's 'Mounjaro brides': weight-loss injections become part of pre-wedding preparation

By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD, India, April 3 (Reuters) - Soon-to-be brides and grooms seeking shortcuts to shed pounds before ...
New York Sun

City of Brotherly Love Weighs Ban on Drug Injection Sites as Its Kensington Neighborhood Reels From Opioid Crisis Sweeping Nation

Philadelphia’s City Council will vote today whether to ban facilities that make it safer for addicts to inject illegal drugs, as footage of open drug use and rampant crime at the city’s Kensington ...
AOL

Trump targets New York drug ‘injection sites’ where addicts consume with the city’s blessing

Two city-approved “safe” drug injection sites could be forced to close under a new executive order issued by President Trump, which rips the facilities, where addicts can use illegal drugs like meth, ...
abc7NY

Supervised injection sites have reversed 9 overdoses since opening in NYC: Mayor de Blasio

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- It's been less than a week since New York City opened its first supervised injection sites, and the mayor says many lives have already been saved. Mayor Bill de Blasio says ...

Greater weight loss promised by higher-dose Wegovy shot, now approved by FDA

The FDA approved Wegovy HD, a higher-dose semaglutide for weight loss in adults with obesity, offering greater weight ...
Washington Examiner

Courts fight heroin scourge with drug injections

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — The twice-arrested heroin user listened nervously as the judge reviewed her record, then offered a deal he thinks could save her life. “You’re not a criminal, you’re an addict,” ...
KSL

As lethal injection drugs run out, the future of death row executions is uncertain

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AllAfrica on MSN

Butabika takes over drug injection treatment as NGO funding dries up

Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital has taken over a critical addiction treatment programme for people who inject drugs, following the withdrawal of donor funding that had sustained it since ...
STAT

Drug injection fades as smoking grows more common, marking sea change in U.S. fentanyl epidemic

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. ROCHESTER, N.H. — Megan Merrill paused, mid-hike, as she surveyed the steep drop before her. She was standing on a five-foot snow drift, icy ...
GEN

Drug Delivery Method Uses Injectable Microcrystals for Long-Term Delivery of Contraceptives

A project that began as a Gates Foundation-funded effort to expand contraceptive options, particularly in developing nations, has led to the development of a new method to deliver certain drugs in ...