For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination.
Signs are placed on the outside doors to advise visitors that the library as well as a restroom are closed because of meth contamination on Jan. 12, 2022, in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Colo.—
The city of about 33,000 just south of Denver decided to test for the drug after officials in the nearby college town of Boulder closed its main library after finding meth contamination, Harguth said. Health officials say meth residue can be an irritant, causing symptoms like an itchy throat, a runny nose and bloodshot eyes. But secondary exposure isn't believed to cause long-term, chronic health concerns, Harguth said.
Brenda Folsom, who was picking up her grandchildren from school near Englewood's library on Thursday, said she has seen an increase in drug use in the area over the last two years, particularly at her local park. She's concerned her 3- and 8-year-old grandsons, who go to the library with their father, and other curious children might pick up needles and other drug paraphernalia in its bathrooms.
Colorado's rules are"some of the most conservative in the nation, using an abundance of caution to protect infants and children from exposure," the city said in a Dec. 28 statement. However, after some library users said they didn't feel safe, the city hired security guards last year, she said. It also established a code of conduct with the aim of helping librarians enforce rules.
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