A Boulder Public Library in Colorado will reopen on Jan. 9 after being closed for weeks over a meth contamination allegedly stemming from people smoking the drug in bathrooms.
Former DEA Special Agent Derek Maltz on why the fentanyl crisis has resulted in a lower life expectancy in the U.S., that has been closed for weeks will remain shuttered for another week in light of a methamphetamine contamination, officials announced.
"Methamphetamine use has dramatically increased as a challenge over the past few years in communities across the nation, including Boulder County," acting director of Boulder County Public Health Lexi Nolen in a press release published by the City of Boulder."Boulder County Public Health is committed to continued partnership with the City of Boulder and others to identify and implement solutions that both protect the community and provide support to those needing help.
"A contractor’s report, delivered to the city late Friday evening, confirmed that the highest contamination levels were limited to public-facing restrooms, with a few discrete areas of surface contamination in heavily used seating areas, specifically the booths and fixed tables on the first floor, along the west wall," the city reported. The library is tentatively set to reopen at normal capacity on Jan. 9. It was originally supposed to reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 3, CBS Colorado reported.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than two dozen duffels bags containing methamphetamine on a boat near the U.S.-Canadian border. "Based on what we’ve learned in the past couple of weeks and with the remediation plans we’re enacting, I’m confident there is
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