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San Francisco: Straws Banned, Needles Free!

GOPUSA StaffSacramento Bee Posted On 11:45 am August 22, 2018
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A downtown San Francisco sandwich shop is poking fun at the city over an upcoming ban on plastic straws and a free needle program that has irked some residents, reported SF Eater.

The site reports that some menus at The Sentinel restaurant on New Montgomery Street include this notation: “Napkins, straws, and bags are available upon request. You can still get needles for free though. Welcome to SF.”

Part of the barb refers to city policies banning plastic straws and requiring restaurants to make napkins and condiment bags available only on request, which take effect July 1, 2019, reported The San Francisco Chronicle.

The other part refers to a city health department program providing clean syringes to drug users, reported Fox News. The effort seeks to curb diseases spread by sharing needles.

Under that program, implemented in 1993, San Francisco distributes an estimated 4.45 million syringes each year, reported Curbed.

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Needles littering city streets are a source of complaints by many San Francisco residents, reported the Chronicle.

Newly elected Mayor London Breed defended both policies Wednesday when asked about the Sentinel’s menus, reported KPIX.

“I totally understand that but these are different issues,” Breed told the station. “San Francisco has been an environmental leader. The goal is to not just think about what’s happening now but think about what’s happening in the future … As it relates to needles I know people are frustrated. People suffer from drug addiction and sadly, just because we don’t like it or we don’t want to see it, it doesn’t mean it will disappear.”

The restaurant owner, identified by SF Eater as Dennis Leary, told KPIX he did not intend to spark a controversy and hasn’t decided whether future menus will include the barb.

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Max daddy
Max daddy
1:08 pm August 22, 2018 at 1:08 pm
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I can solve this problem simply. Pull the plunger out of the syringe and use the hollow tube for a straw. It’s plastic AND LEGAL!!!
Hell, SF and LA give them away. (That’s right. All three locations.)

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    ltuser
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    5:08 pm August 22, 2018 at 5:08 pm
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    Better yet, start rounding up all the used needles on the ground, fill them with air, and STICK THEM in, what passes for a brain, of the morons in office!

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wisbob
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1:28 pm August 22, 2018 at 1:28 pm
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San Francisco must not be much of a liberal utopia if so many of it’s residents need to stick needles into their bodies to find happiness. Our society is in decay, and the left is leading the way. Their top priority: banning straws.

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cool beans
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1:28 pm August 22, 2018 at 1:28 pm
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Are those environmentally friendly, biodegradable needles that are being washed out to sea through the storm drains? Do the fish need the heroin residue to help them cope with the rest of the garbage they swim around?

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    ltuser
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    5:11 pm August 22, 2018 at 5:11 pm
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    That does make me wonder. WHICH is worse for the enviroment.. 1 million used straws? OR 1 million used drug needles? Has any leftist moron enviro-nut, ever studied that!?!?!

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IMHO
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2:07 pm August 22, 2018 at 2:07 pm
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“I totally understand that but these are different issues,” Breed told the station.”. No, Mizzonner, they’re not, and you clearly don’t.

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baitfish
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7:13 am August 23, 2018 at 7:13 am
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“San Francisco has been an environmental leader.” Mayor “breed” must be one of these who takes a dump on the sidewalk.

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