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Another reason America should not have a desire to be like Canada. Tweak NAFTA appropriately or cancel it altogether.
Vancouver's drug problem is so bad that pigeons are making nests out of needles: police
In a testament to the sheer scale and concentration of Vancouver’s drug problem, a pigeon living in the city’s Downtown Eastside was found to have built its nest entirely out of used hypodermic needles.
The nest was found in the sink of a room of a “single room occupancy” — an official term for low-cost hotels in the neighbourhood frequented by addicts.
The image was posted to the Twitter account of Vancouver Police Superintendent Michelle Davey, a veteran of policing strategies and planning in the neighbourhood.
“Sad reality of the opioid crisis,” she wrote in an accompanying note.
Vancouver's drug problem is so bad that pigeons are making nests out of needles: police
In a testament to the sheer scale and concentration of Vancouver’s drug problem, a pigeon living in the city’s Downtown Eastside was found to have built its nest entirely out of used hypodermic needles.
The nest was found in the sink of a room of a “single room occupancy” — an official term for low-cost hotels in the neighbourhood frequented by addicts.
The image was posted to the Twitter account of Vancouver Police Superintendent Michelle Davey, a veteran of policing strategies and planning in the neighbourhood.
“Sad reality of the opioid crisis,” she wrote in an accompanying note.
