The Editor,

Surrey's "Rig Dig" program is in jeopardy. The Rig Dig program allows for the collection of used needles in the area surrounding city hall and the "Strip."

As the Now recently reported, in 2015, this program was responsible for the collection of 600,000 discarded used needles. Many of these needles still had blood in them.

The Rig Dig program is run by the Lookout Emergency Aid Society whose provincial gaming grant is not being renewed. Unfortunately, this means that their peer-lead needle recovery program is in crisis.

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