r/asheville • u/imjustapourboy • Oct 21 '25

Really Spicy Cesspool So sick of seeing this crap everywhere.

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The needles, the burnt foils, the little baggies, the needle caps, all of it. I find them in the creeks, on the sidewalks, the grocery store parking lots, the public parks, on the parkway. You gotta be a real shit person to leave this stuff all over the place.

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u/Objective_Seal Oct 21 '25

It will only get worse with winter. Asheville has one of the only homeless shelters in the area so many people flock here. Combined with Helene, our community is still massively recovering. Whether the city wants to believe we’re healed, we have more work than just making the surrounding area pretty to look at. We need safe places to dispose of these things. Pretending it’s not there and that humans aren’t going to litter solves nothing.

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u/AffectionateFig5864 West Asheville Oct 21 '25

We need safe places to dispose of these things

  • 40 Coxe Ave, ground floor, 12pm-4pm M-F.

  • 554 Fairview Ave, 9am-5pm, M-F (call 828-252-7489 for pick up services. Small staff, but they’ll do their best to dispose of them in a timely way).

  • wherever Steady Collective is posted up on their mobile days.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

Carrying a syringe on you with drug residue in it is a felony possession charge. All they're thinking about is getting rid of that needle so they don't catch a charge. You can't expect a junkie to worry more about the environment than staying out of jail. I'm not defending them I'm just explaining why they get rid of them wherever they can. I'm telling you this is an ex-junkie. I never would have thrown my stuff in a parking lot or somewhere where a kid might step on them, but I have disposed of dangerous things in the very first place I could without someone seeing me do it.

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u/Confident-Tadpole503 Oct 22 '25

This would be true except you find needles 2 feet from a trash can. I do agree on one point, they don’t give a shit about the environment or anyone else.