PETERS – Get that garbage out of here

Posted on April 28, 2018 in Local Voices, Page One, Peters // 0 Comments

NO ONE IS HAPPY that children are discovering piles of used needles in our parks and green spaces.

And the principles of personal and social responsibility suggest adults, even if they are drug users, should be discarding their materials properly.

But the issue of used needles being wantonly thrown away doesn’t say as much about drug use as it does about our attitudes about garbage.

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James Peters is the radio anchor at CFJC, coming to Kamloops in 2006. He anchors the afternoon news on B-100 and 98.3 CIFM, and contributes weekly editorials to the CFJC Evening News. He tweets regularly @Jamloops.

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