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Below images show the area known as “The Village” at East 12th Street and 23rd Avenue

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If you’d like to educate yourself about one of the major causes of the opioid crisis depicted below in images, read the following articles:

Sackler Embraced Plan to Conceal OxyContin’s Strength From Doctors, Sealed Testimony Shows

Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused

Investigation: The DEA slowed enforcement while the opioid epidemic grew out of control

The Family That Built an Empire of Pain

Full Coverage: Oxycontin Investigation

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Blaming one person is not the path forward

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Below images show illegal dumping on Rockport street near East Creek Slough

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Below images show area around Lake Merritt

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This syringe was not very far from a little girl feeding geese and other children playing on the grass

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