More than 17,000 requests for needle pick-ups since 2015: Boston neighborhoods most affected by the opioid crisis
Needle collection. Photo by Jordan Erb.
February 26, 2020
311 data from the City of Boston shows the number of requests for needle pick-ups has steadily increased over the past five years, now totaling over 17,000. The needles are but a quantifier of a bigger problem, a numerable proxy for a larger issue: the nation’s opioid crisis.
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