"The center on Colfax Avenue, across from the state Capitol, collects about 3,500 used syringes each morning — a total of 16,848 in the last week."

There is no way in hell this organization collects 3500 used syringes a day.
This is from their website:

"2015: Syringe Disposal implementation in high drug traffic area. Status: Successful
See success here. From October 2015-October 2016, 1500 syringes were properly disposed in this community disposal."

So what this says to me is when this reporter (ha ha) can't get a simple fact right his whole story has no credibility. I am sure it was done on purpose.