Update: The Denver City Council passed the proposal loosening needle exchange rules Monday night on an 8-5 vote. Mayor Mike Johnston vetoed it Tuesday evening. Denver would eliminate its limit on ...

Update: On Tuesday evening, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced his veto of the needle exchange law expansion passed by the City Council. More needle exchange programs could soon be allowed in ...

An expansion of a Denver law from the late nineties will allow for unlimited needle exchange sites across the city. Denver Post via Getty Images An expansion of a Denver law from the late ’90s ...

Mayor Mike Johnston wrote in a letter defending his decision that allowing an unlimited number of needle exchanges in the ...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vetoes council bill removing needle exchange program cap and distance requirements.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vetoed an expanded needle exchange program just one day after the city council passed the ordinance. Johnson vetoed City Council Ordinance 24-1791 on Tuesday.

He said needle exchange sites also have the opportunity to request a variance from the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (DDPHE), "something not afforded to other regulated entities." ...

The measure was intended to provide more needle exchange sites in the city, as only three have been allowed in Denver since 1997. The measure allowed for an unlimited number of needle exchanges in ...

Denver would eliminate its limit on the number of needle exchange programs that can operate in the city and remove restrictions on their location under a new ordinance set for a final vote Monday.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vetoes bill to expand the needle exchange program just one day after the city council approved the ordinance. Whoopi Goldberg Says ‘I Stand Behind’ Carrie Underwood and ...