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 ...

Results from the latest Syringe Services Program (SSP) Health Survey reveal that, since 2021, there has been a 49 percentage point decrease in respondents injecting drugs. In 2025, 90% of respondents ...

Evansville, Ind. — Lavender Timmons popped the trunk of her weather-beaten 2007 Ford Focus parked near the city’s homeless shelter. Regulars gathered around, including one drug user who in the past ...

City Councilor Ed Flynn is calling for the Council to oppose safe injection sites in Boston that he says would incentivize addicts to shoot up, rather than seek treatment, and worsen the open-air drug ...

SEATTLE — A noteworthy shift in how people use illegal drugs has emerged among visitors to syringe-services programs in Washington state, according to a newly released health survey. In 2021, 93% of ...

MANCHESTER and LONDON, England — Alison Starkie spends her days tracking down people who need testing or treatment for ...