How's this for a scary number? A Vernon street nurse says over 54-thousand discarded needles were handed in to her office, found by businesses or left in drop-boxes around the city last year. She told city council Monday that an addict uses eight to ten needles a day but many don't want to leave them lying around. She also said a drop-box in the public library's washroom had brought down the risk of the public encountering used needles.
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