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August 1, 2014 Sophie Weiner

Forest Park employees discovered a bag of 868 hypodermic needles last week. According to a spokesperson, the bag was found near Park Lane South and 112th Street in Richmond Hill, Queens, under a guardrail. All the needles appear to be used. “It’s sad somebody would do that and put the public at risk,” Richmond Hill Block Association […]

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July 9, 2014 Marina Galperina

Indonesian artist Irwan Ahmett, currently living in the Norwegian mountains, collected needles from a public park known to be a hotspot of intravenous drug activity and overdoses. He extracted the fluids inside and “re-purified” them. “It’s a metaphor of what is holiness and how the society could accept the reality about illegal drugs transaction and users that have […]

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