Then why did your earlier post even mention anything about race and bigotry on the question of not having people in Starbucks who don't buy anything?
I didn't say they were druggies.
The problem with those 2 guys was that they have no respect for authority.
And that has led to Starbucks becoming a hangout for the wrong kind of people.
The 2 black guys in that starbucks incident who showed no respect for authority sent a message. And that message was that people can hang out at Starbucks and not buy a drink or food. And it brought in the druggies and a used needle problem.@Ripskater
From the OP
"This is why you kick people out of your restaurant for not buying food or drink. It is not racist or bigoted. It's common sense."
What did you bring up race to this needle issue?
No doubt you and everyone else is aware that the most infamous case of Starbucks kicking people out for not buying anything is that case from last year of the 2 Black Guys.
This is why you kick people out of your restaurant for not buying food or drink. It is not racist or bigoted. It's common sense.
After that fiasco, the homeless started showing up at every Starbucks in my immediate area and claiming their space. I stopped going after getting sick and tired of being asked for change.I went to the starbucks over by me a few weeks back. There were 2 homeless people taking a nap inside.
You have to earn respect. You dont automatically get it because you are "authority"The 2 black guys in that starbucks incident who showed no respect for authority sent a message. And that message was that people can hang out at Starbucks and not buy a drink or food. And it brought in the druggies and a used needle problem.
My girlfriend loves the place.After that fiasco, the homeless started showing up at every Starbucks in my immediate area and claiming their space. I stopped going after getting sick and tired of being asked for change.
Those 2 guys , from that story months ago, that were sitting in the Starbucks , were waiting for a business meeting. There is no reason to suspect they were druggies.
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Local, State and Federal gov. should increase funding for programs that provide safe areas for needle disposal, provide for clean needles and opioid addiction (like providing methadone to addicts as part of a program to wean them off the addiction).
After that fiasco, the homeless started showing up at every Starbucks in my immediate area and claiming their space. I stopped going after getting sick and tired of being asked for change.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/20...licy-is-working-why-hasnt-the-world-copied-itSo raise taxes?
https://www.theguardian.com/news/20...licy-is-working-why-hasnt-the-world-copied-it
it would decrease our current expenditure and reduce strain on the city's resources dramatically.
It is important to note that Portugal stabilised its opioid crisis, but it didn’t make it disappear. While drug-related death, incarceration and infection rates plummeted, the country still had to deal with the health complications of long-term problematic drug use. Diseases including hepatitis C, cirrhosis and liver cancer are a burden on a health system that is still struggling to recover from recession and cutbacks. In this way, Portugal’s story serves as a warning of challenges yet to come.
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Despite enthusiastic international reactions to Portugal’s success, local harm-reduction advocates have been frustrated by what they see as stagnation and inaction since decriminalisation came into effect. They criticise the state for dragging its feet on establishing supervised injection sites and drug consumption facilities; for failing to make the anti-overdose medication naloxone more readily available; for not implementing needle-exchange programmes in prisons. Where, they ask, is the courageous spirit and bold leadership that pushed the country to decriminalise drugs in the first place?
And their comeback argument is accuse their critics of being racist !
that's merely saying certain problems still persist. Obviously it wont erase them overnight. And everyone agrees it's an improvement overall from the previous condition.Did you actually read that article?
Obviously the war on drugs doesn't work, but legalizing hard drugs isn't a cure all.
I recall Toronto, Ontario passing a bylaw that restaurants or other establishments open to the public could not restrict their bathrooms to customer use only about 20 years ago.Who could have know this restroom policy would backfire?