If you're going to start writing stories on overdoses you are going to be very busy Chris.

Right you are Mike.

The transit police need to clean up Malden station.

This happens dozens a time a week in Malden, Why is this news????

if he was unidentified, how do they know he was from south boston?

Malden Crime Watch is "dying" for another murder...its been too quiet lately which is bad for crimewatch business. Maybe they will fabricate some more events.

Guys, fair points about this being somewhat common. My pitch for it's newsworthiness is: some people thought they saw a dead person at the tracks and I wanted to clear up any rumors about it (there were tweets to that effect on Twitter) going around. Otherwise, I probably would've left it alone.

Mr Caesar, No harm,,you do a fine job ....its more of a general statement about Malden than your reporting...

They used to have teh DARE program. Total failure. All that did is "educate" kids as to what drugs are and then they use them. They find out it is "fun" and go to school stoned all the time. The dumb down schools will pass anybody. All of a sudden, they are in society, useless, and start drinking. Drinking is the worst drug of all and believe me, Malden has had a drinking problem since the late 1800s. If we are just starting to realize that this is a problem now, we are blind.

there was an overdose at one of the drughouses too by the linden school.how to you have an overdose at a drug rehab?

Maybe, the "drug rehab" places are not doing their job properly in treating these patients, and are only in it for the money. The government needs to have better regulations, supervision and checks and balances to oversee drug treatment programs throughout the country. Michael Genzale made a comment about the need for more funding to conduct public education of both children and adults about the dangers and pitfalls of drug addiction, and I wholeheartedly agree with this statement, as this drug addiction epidemic is getting way out of hand.

They need to come up with something else rather than Methadone! To get them off the junk 100%!!!!!! Its a joke everywhere!!!!
NOT JUST MALDEN!

The DARE program was huge!!!! When BUTCHIE did it! :)

ROLAND, Do you read the article and all the posts before you reply? Lets get rid of Welfare, unemployment, subsidized housing, Grants, etc..according to your theory there are jobs out there "you just gotta wanna" work...right? ( my post had to do with reporting the news, but your ignorance forces me to admonish you).

There ARE jobs out there... THe problem is our sense of entitlement. During the Great Depression, people would shine shoes if they thought that would help pay their bills. Nowadays, I could pull a list of jobs available on craigslist, and unemployed folks would rather keep collecting instead of taking a job that pays less than they think they're worth.

All the jobs went south and overseas starting back as far as the 70's. Where are the jobs? Office jobs..High Tech jobs maybe. Where's the factories..steel companies..wood shops where? Even in Malden they left. Forced out. Remember Mayor Howard wanted Malden to be a bedroom comunity like Lynnfiel. NOT. Its not going to happen. Weve become a city of concrete we need industry back. Does any one remember the Converse Rubber..Lewis Candy..Easyern Ave with all its aluminum window and door factories...Acme Canvas? Many many more.

Excuse the spell errors but its getting better everyday

To the methadone guy....glad CVS could fill your prescription :)

Yes Paul all the companies were doing some type. But that was before the EPA was around. One of your biggest poluters is the MBTA. One instance is that the steel fabricating shop was letting a flow of Cyanide into the Mystic. They use Cyaninide for hardening. Seen it myself. But the MBTA is untouchable. New houses were built on top of backwoods junk sites up on North Broadway..Yes Paul what you say is true but there was no such thing back then as enviremental protection.

There is only one way to fight crime. To fix the present and future of this City You must first look at its history. Good place to start is in the Library and the crime reports that the Malden News back say till the 70's. 80 and 81 there was much trouble with the Law inforcement.I remember the headlines back then in the Malden News where there was lots of dislike and desention amongst officers...Then the mid 70's The Allmighty T station opened up and they plugged up Pleasent Street with City Hall. Thats the beginning with Leaky Roofs that went on for years. One must look back then youll be able to move foward and solve the issues in Malden.