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Evidence of drug use grows in Smithtown's parks

Quick ReadOfficials have found heroin even in cars outside Little League games, along with evidence of its use elsewhere.

Park ranger Tom Lohmann walks through the woods

Photo credit: Newsday Photo/Ana P. Gutierrez | Park ranger Tom Lohmann walks through the woods to look for any evidence of heroin use by Brady Park in Smithtown (August 05, 2009)

At Brady Park in Smithtown, town park ranger Thomas Lohmann headed past the manicured ballfields and into the woods. About 100 yards in, as the path goes over a wooden walkway, he pointed down to an inscription that someone has scrawled with black marker: "Buns All Day," a reference to bundles, or 10 bags of heroin.

A little further along was a hangout, where among the debris was a homemade...

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