Pubdate: Thu, 14 Jul 2016
Source: Now, The (Surrey, CN BC)
Copyright: 2016 Canwest Publishing Inc.
Contact:  http://www.thenownewspaper.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1462

NUMBER OF NEEDLES STREWN ABOUT IS SHOCKING

Future archaeologists will no doubt be needing lots of Band-Aids as 
they dig down into certain Whalley neighbourhoods where one would be 
hard pressed, figuratively speaking, to find a haystack among all the 
discarded needles.

What a legacy.

There's very little that's civilized about people dumping their 
disgusting, bloodied hypodermic syringes in our city's parks.

We have needles on curbsides, needles on pathways. Even needles stuck 
in trees... and within sight of city hall.

Rig Dig, an outfit that collects and disposes of these disgusting 
relics of drug abuse, gathered 250 in two hours on Monday within the 
downtown core.

After that, they went back for more.

Apparently, this is "normal."

It's heroic what these needle collectors are doing, putting their own 
health at risk in what seems to be a losing battle against reckless 
street cretins who give little regard to their fellow men, women and children.

Reclaiming one's dignity has to start somewhere.

Not chucking bloodied needles around is a good place to start.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom