It can seem counterintuitive to provide clean syringes to individuals who inject drugs. After all, why make it easier to consume illicit substances that are increasingly resulting in overdoses? In the ...

Health • One Utah provider closes up shop due to ’toxic’ political climate, while another faces threats of arrest from rural county sheriffs and an ultimatum from the House speaker. House Speaker Greg ...

Syringe exchanges have been legal in Utah for nearly seven years. But participants in those programs can still get in legal trouble if they “possess with intent to use” the needles given out to them.

Jason Jackson, a 37-year-old native of Zebulon, who is currently on parole, was addicted to heroin for 10 years until March 14, when he enrolled into a methadone program at Southlight Healthcare, a ...