Used needles found in mulberry rec.center
 

For the 3rd time I have found used hypodermic needles found in this area. 2 with caps on them 1 without . I brought one to the rec. office yesterday and asked if there was a container to dispose of the needle. Her response was they do not and it was not their problem. Are you serious ! The safety and security of the people here is absolutely their problem. What do we have to do wait for someone to get stuck by one of these needles or heaven forbid a grand child gets a hold of it. There is a simple solution to this problem, install sharp container somewhere behind the desk or near the bathrooms and have the local fire department change them out properly and securely. To have the staff at mulberry say it is not their problem and that I should take the needle home with me because they are not a hospital is un acceptable period ! This now makes me think that they have no training in these situations at all. Do they have training in blood borne pathogens incase there is a person that falls or any other osha training ? This problem needs to be addressed ASAP . Who do I talk to about this problem? Any help is appreciated, thank you

Start here.

John B. Rohan, Director of Recreation

352-674-1800
John.Rohan@Districtgov.org

Did she really tell you to bring the needle home with you? Did she REALLY say that? Was she aware that was not your needle and that you found the needle? You are just joshing with us. Right? Please say she did NOT say that.

The sky is not falling. Where did you find the needles? If they was in the trash it is mulberry problem cause they have contractors empty the trash? I also think if it was in lawn area, it is mulberries problem do to mowing? I never seen needles, but lots of beer and whiskey bottles. Was it along CR 42?

While this may be an issue, it is totally not surprising that the Villages declines to have Sharps containers. There are lots of rule about them and they must be disposed of as regulated medical waste, not thrown in the regular trash. All their staff and cleaning companies would need to be trained in biohazards with the required course repeated annually and all be vaccinated against Hep B. A company that handles medical waste would have to be hired to pick up the sharps container.

Oh my gosh! How dare them!!! They would not take your dirty old needle from you? How much do you pay them to dispose of used needles? I would really be surprised if it is in their job description to handle contaminated needles that folks bring in to them. If folks are going to pick them up, they should also dispose of them rather than ask others to do it for them. Kind of like getting all bent out of shape when you find a dog turd, so you pick it up and take it to the reccenter and ask the employee to take care of it. Not their job.

The people you should be upset with are the ones that leave those syringes laying around after they use them.

Put your head in the Sand ! The Heroin use here is out of control... pretend it's a Diabetic.... Time to call the Police , and let Drug enforcement stop this

God’s honest truth.

Are you serious ? Did the right thing and asked if there was a place to dispose of the needle. Some people like you have no idea

The fire department is already trained and handle medical waste. No reason they could not check the sharps container once a week to dispose of it seeing they already do it for their needles

They where all on the ground.

:1rotfl: Call sheriff over a used needed, how exactly are they going to stop something that already happened.

However since you have personal experience on “out of control drug use” are they your friends, or do you belong to the task force. Finding a vein on an elderly person is just hard to do. I would think weed or coke, would be a better choice. So can you share where the out of control drug use is in TV?

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Why am I always suspicious when someone's first post is about stuff like this. Found needles on three different occasions to boot..

There is never a shortage of uninformed hysteria. I would think it would be easy to determine what was in the syringe to narrow down the source. As far as weed, marijuana, I have a nose like a dog. Someone smoking a joint in a car and I know it.
I don't know why but it is far more rare in Florida that it was in New York. NO, I've not smoked in well over 40 years. Current prescriptions for marijuana sort of reminds me of history-opiates, cocaine etc. Was not that long ago that you could buy over the counter
cough medicine with cocaine in it. Like in the 1960's.

Pretty sure this is just a griefer post. First post, and all 5 posts, about this one topic, after just creating an account this week. Nah.

This happened on Friday in the morning when I walked into the front desk as to what the policy was to dispose of the needle. Don’t believe me, I will be happy to address any questions in person at the mulberry rec. center with the 2 ladies I spoke with, just show up in person.

I could not say it better.

I think it was highly unlikely that any needles were found.

I think it is also highly unlikely that hard drugs are used a lot around here.

I think a lot of people drink too much and I wish they wouldn't drive afterward.

I do not believe the OP. That is my reaction. Lived here for more than a dozen years and feel I have heard everything. This was a doozy.

Tomorrow I will call this number and ask and if I am wrong I will apologize.

Mulberry Grove Regional Center SP 259-6040

100% correct and I hope the OP reads that post 100 times.

The OP stated "I brought one to the rec. office yesterday and asked if there was a container to dispose of the needle. Her response was they do not and it was not their problem. Are you serious ! The safety and security of the people here is absolutely their problem."

No, it is absolutely NOT their problem. It is a RECREATION CENTER, not a HAZARDOUS MEDICAL WASTE CENTER.

Everything blue just posted is correct, and more

The problem was the careless pig that left hypodermic needles on the ground---if there were any in the first place, since you must be the most unlucky person in the Villages to find needles multiple times.

Just more Villages Bovine Scatology.

I have that feeling you are going to apologize, I guess you can say, Popeye believe in the OP story.

Ratings week. ;)

Actually legal to this day in some countries....example....BRON is sold to this day in Japan for coughs. You WILL be arrested tho coming thru customs in Japan if you happen to have a "Vicks Inhaler" in your possession....those are banned there.


There is almost nothing like cough syrup in Japan, though. There is something called BRON, which has become notorious on Internet forums for destroying lives. In an extreme example of one set of standards for foreign products and one set for domestic, BRON is a nasty concoction of codeine and ephedrine.
On Being Sick in Japan | This Japanese Life.
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A big reaction over not much of an issue, put it in the trash and move on. The country is full of addicts and as the open borders remain super highways for drug smugglers to enter the country probably see a lot more .

Needles
 

The Sherriff and fire department are just on the other side of the roundabout.
Why not take it there?

call or e-mail John Rohan director of the recreation department. I saw first hand drug use in the parking lot of the rec center I used to work at. They would meet in their cars ( young people) and exchange money and drugs. I notified my rec center supervisor about the issue.

Why not....
 

First off you shouldn't be picking it up yourself. Secondly you can always call the police when anything suspicious or dangerous is around. Thirdly has a last resort you should call your Sumter county health department and I'm sure they would be able to dispose of it safely for you if you're so worried. If your object is to get villages to have sharp containers and say so, then write letters to your county commissioners demanding a law

Youre exactly right. Its not just a matter of having containers like the OP thinks. If youre that concerned and this is allegedly done on a regular basis and you are so concerned then carry your own container. I personally wouldnt touch any used needles. Thats nuts to just pick them up

If they are not diabetic needles, the police need to be involved.

Now we know why Mulberry Rec Center is so popular

I agree with Blueash. I wouldn’t expect a Rec Ctr to get into the business of accepting “sharps”. There is a whole program for properly disposing if sharps which involves some pretty involved training for all concerned and a complete specific process that must be followed and tracked. Medical facilities (hospital, urgent care, etc) are already set up to do that. This is not something Rec Centers would or should be involved in. If you found an injured animal you wouldn’t expect a Rec Center to handle it. You would take it to a rehab center where they are set up to help injured animals. So why wouldn’t you take a needle you found to a medical facility where THEY are set up to do that???

Workers will put a beer can in a soda cup and drink thru a straw.

No police remember defund it’s better that way

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Your right.

Put it in the trash? I’m sure you could not possibly mean an uncapped needle.

If they were found inside the rec center then yes it would be their problem. But outside even on the property isn't going to be their problem. Any homeless person could have done this 2am in the morning. Who knows where it came from. If you see them be a nice person and dispose of it. Then report it to the main rec center office. That's all you can do. If homeless people are hanging around at that rec center property, then that's something that can be addressed.

I just called and the person who answered was a man. I read the post to him, and asked him if he had any knowledge of needles or people making inquiries about them and he said he did not. I asked him if he was the director of Mulberry and he said he was not. I told him I appreciated the people who worked in our rec centers and thanked him for his patience.

Perhaps one of you can reach a woman, since the OP said there were two there.