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fromBoston.com
1 week ago

Citywide needle pickup requests fluctuated from 2020 to 2025, but surged in these neighborhoods

Boston experienced a 71 percent surge in needle pickup calls from 2022 to 2025, with one neighborhood reporting a 149 percent increase over five years.
fromwww.amny.com
5 months ago

Pains of addiction: How this West Village plaza has become a hotbed of suffering for drug users and locals alike | amNewYork

The area near McCarthy Square, a small patch of green space at the corner of 7th Avenue and Charles Street in the West Village, has become an epicenter of drug abuse for down-on-the-luck individuals openly injecting themselves with opioids, and local residents say few people are doing anything to stop it. McCarthy Square has seen a surge of individuals spread out on the sidewalk, some with needles jutting out of their arms.
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