Heroin epidemic leaving a trail of dirty needles in rivers, beaches, and playgrounds…(Thanks, CIA…)
by: Russel Davis
NaturalNews.com
Thursday, July 20, 2017
The worsening heroin epidemic in the United States has raised safety concerns for both the environment and the general population. In fact, not half of 2017 has passed and yet authorities in Portland, Maine have already collected more than 7,000 discarded syringes left by drug users, exceeding the nearly 900 discarded syringes collected in all of 2016. For their part, San Francisco, California officials collected more than 13,000 discarded syringes in March alone, compared with only 2,900 syringes collected the same time last year.
According to officials, the discarded syringes were inconspicuously placed in isolated areas where drug users can gather and attract little attention. Coincidentally, the places they usually choose are practically any public space that is used for family recreation. Officials noticed that syringes started appearing in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass. They also get washed up in rivers, eventually reach downstream, and settle on beaches. Likewise, the harmful implements are also seen in baseball dugouts, sidewalks, and streets.
This occurrence increases the risk of getting stuck by the discarded needles, officials said. It can also exacerbate the odds of contracting blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In addition, this raises concerns of being exposed to traces of heroin or other drugs. While it remains unclear whether anyone has ever gotten sick after touching a discarded needle, there have been alarming cases of children getting a hold of the potentially harmful apparatuses.
Alarming reports of children being exposed to discarded needles
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