05-04-2017 05:56 via krqe.com

Makeshift needle disposal containers placed in Albuquerque neighborhood

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As the drug epidemic explodes, one Albuquerque community is trying to stop the neighborhood’s needle hazard.
They have put up two makeshift needle collection containers on Trumbull and Mesilla.
Joanne Landry, minister of Interfaith Bible Church and president of the Trumbull Village Neighborhood Association, said the first collection site went up about six weeks ago.
Needles have become a common sight in the community she cares about, and now two containers
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