The city of Englewood said it decided to test for the drug after another library in Boulder was found contaminated with methamphetamine last month.
Signs are placed on the outside doors of Englewood's city hall to advise visitors that the library as well as a restroom are closed because of meth contamination on Jan. 12, 2023.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination.
Tainted surfaces, walls, ductwork and exhaust fan equipment will have to be removed after the latest discovery in the Denver suburb of Englewood, a city official said.It is the latest example of the balancing act urban libraries have to navigate between making their facilities be welcoming to all while keeping them clean and safe.
Drug use is not common in the Englewood library, but reports of it have increased in recent months as colder weather led more people to seek shelter there, with only a small number of them using, library director Christina Underhill said. More broadly, the library has attracted more homeless people since fully reopening after closing at the beginning of the pandemic.
Boulder officials suggested that their city’s library closure last month was the result of strict state rules for cleaning up meth once testing reveals it. They also pointed out that standards for how much meth contamination is acceptable were developed with an eye toward homes, where frequent exposure is more likely than in public buildings.
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