Roxbury Parents Say Needle Dropbox In Front Of School Is Not The Answer To Needles Littering Neighborhood
By Christina Hager
May 2, 2019 at 6:31 pm
BOSTON (CBS) – It’s a picture that speaks to a crisis. A needle disposal box popped up right in front of Roxbury’s Orchard Gardens K-8 school this week, installed by the Boston Department of Public Health.
A needle disposal box is outside Roxbury’s Orchard Gardens K-8 School. (WBZ-TV)
“I do believe that it is a little too big, excessive for it to be in front of the school like that,†said Francisco Diaz, whose son is a student at the school.
But five months ago, parents were out front protesting about the used drug needles littering the property around Orchard Gardens. That’s why Diaz says he understands why it’s there. “I’m kind of glad they’re doing something,†said Diaz.
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