A grim reminder of the opioid epidemic was left at a splash pad in Dorchester for all to see.

A suspected 61-year-old overdose victim was found there at Pope John Paul II Park at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday. A moped was parked nearby and two “empty plastic baggies” were on the ground near the unidentified Quincy man, State Police reported.

It’s officially an “unattended death.” Nothing suspicious, police added, but nothing foreign either. The Medical Examiner’s Office has the case now.

This comes as OD deaths have hit a new high in the Bay State with the city also in dire shape.

In Boston, 352 people died from opioid overdoses last year, a nearly 7% increase from 2021 (330 total deaths). From 2019 to 2022, Boston experienced a 36% increase in opioid-related deaths, more than twice the statewide rate of increase (16%) over the same time period.

Each death, said state Sen. Nick Collins, is a stark reminder that the status quo isn’t cutting it.

“The troubling trend of overdose deaths along with the prevalence of drug paraphernalia in our public spaces must be thwarted,” Collins said Sunday. “We need more robust intervention strategy including shutting down the overwhelming supply of drugs on our streets.”

He’s calling for more civil commitments to treatment centers to help addicts stay alive. If not, he added, the city will keep losing this “unmitigated battle of attrition.”