Midazolam—a sedative used in three botched executions this year—is included in two of four drug combinations that can now be used by Oklahoma executioners ...

For years, the idea of establishing supervised drug injection sites has been a long-standing goal for some progressive California leaders looking to address the burgeoning overdose crisis. Efforts to ...

Prompted by the "unprecedented" increase in the occurrence of infective endocarditis cases among people who inject drug, the American Heart Association (AHA) has issued a scientific statement devoted ...

The Trump administration is being urged to shut down two controversial city-approved “safe” injection sites — where drug addicts can use illegal drugs like meth, heroin and cocaine under supervision.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On May 22, Oscar Smith, who was convicted of killing his wife and her two teenage sons, was executed in Tennessee by lethal ...

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 ...

Boston City Councilors were divided on Wednesday over the hotly debated safe injection sites. One councilor introduced a resolution in opposition to them, which failed by an 8-3 vote. State lawmakers ...

With lethal injection drugs proving both costly and difficult to obtain, a growing number of Republican lawmakers and state officials are pushing for an alternative: the firing squad. Lethal injection ...

Most people have an aversion to injecting drugs, especially intravenously; it's referred to as "the needle barrier." For much of the 20th century, this aversion was a powerful deterrent to the use of ...

A week after announcing the controversial Ithaca Plan — a proposal which would establish the nation’s first supervised drug injection facility in Ithaca — Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 outlined the steps ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Lavender Timmons popped the trunk of her weather ...