The litter of discarded sharps in the tri-community has been a long-standing issue that has yet to be properly addressed. While there is a great need for harm reduction in the tri-community, there is also a great need for more public sharp disposal containers to be put out.
There has been some earlier dialogue about this issue, but what it ultimately boils down to is the severe lack of sharps disposal containers in public places and no one wanting to seem to take ownership of that responsibility.
The Pas Bear Clan Patrol has been busy once again picking up discovered discarded sharps in various places throughout the tri-community. Just this month alone, The Pas Bear Clan Patrol has received an overwhelming number of calls about discarded sharps. They were notified of sharps found at Margaret Barbour Collegiate and behind North of 53 Industrial.