A story which was on TV last night on the local news and this morning is in the Depeche. A little lock on the canal along the road by " la gare Matabiau", the station in Toulouse, is a dangerous place to fall in. The banks are littered with syringes tossed away by the SDF's ( sans domicile fixed - homeless people ) who congregate around that area on an evening. An operation is underway to clean up the banks and barriers will be put up to stop people falling in. Twice a week an assoc. AIDES, supplies users with sterile needles and last year between 200 and 300 people used the service. The whole area is trying to be cleaned up as being greeted by banks of needles as you leave the train station is not good for the City of Toulouse. It seems to me that providing special litter cans may help the problem, a sort of throw your needles here can. The trouble is if you are affected by the drug throwing a needle in a safe place may not be a top priority. Cleaning up the area is not a job you can ask the local scouts to help with!
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