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Third Avenue BID cleans 8,000 pounds of trash daily, including needles at the epicenter of opioid epidemic

The BID’s CEO says they have two or three overdoses a day on Roberto Clemente Plaza, but that nearly every team member has saved a life with Naloxone, the nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose, which they are all trained to use.

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Oct 12, 2021, 10:37 PM

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