City purchases needle-disposal boxes
Submitted by Kalanu on Wed, 2008-05-14 21:04.
Location:
Victoria
Canwest News Service
Published: Tuesday, May 13, 2008
VICTORIA -The city has spent $20,000 on five needle-disposal boxes aimed at getting injection drug needles off the street.
City representative Katie Josephson said the project will be evaluated in six months to see if the downtown locations have proved effective in reducing the number of openly discarded needles.
The boxes are at Reeson Park, Bastion Square behind the Yates Street parkade, the 900-block of Pandora Street, the 1700-block of Store Street and the 700-block of Fort Street.
The needle boxes were among dozens of recommendations to address street and homeless issues made in the mayor's task force on breaking the cycle of mental illness, addictions and homelessness.
