Massachusetts: Two Charged in Heroin Use at Newburyport Public Library

From The Eagle-Tribune (North Andover, MA):

A grown man skipping down Pleasant Street Friday afternoon caught the attention of a local police officer who was searching for two men accused of shooting heroin inside the Newburyport Public Library minutes earlier.
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In recent months, departments across the region have responded to incidents involving drug use in public places. This spring in Salisbury, two men were arrested shortly after they took drugs inside a Honey Dew Donuts on Bridge Road. In that case, a police officer was stopping by to pick up a coffee when he saw two suspicious men inside the store.

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New York: Overdose Antidote Saves Life At [Northport] Library (June 5, 2014)
Michigan: Library Director Sounds Alarm on Heroin Use in Downtown Ann Arbor library (via MLive.com; April 9, 2014)
Washington: Olympia Library Staff Fearful After Threats Resulting From Heroin Crackdown (September 29, 2013)
Washington: (North Bend) “Patrons uneasy as library becomes hot spot for heroin users” (via KOMO; April 2, 2013)
 

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