LOWELL (CBS) – The opioid epidemic that has long been considered a health crisis is now a major environmental threat as well. Hypodermic needles are being left by drug users in parks, playgrounds, and ...
They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass. They wash into rivers and float downstream to land on beaches. They pepper baseball dugouts, sidewalks and streets. Syringes left by ...
LOWELL — Merrimack River steward Rocky Morrison is angry and frustrated. Used hypodermic needles, some with their signature orange caps, are scattered like matchsticks around several makeshift ...