[DAVES]

Originally Posted by asianthree

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?

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.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

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.

[kcostello]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

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.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

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

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.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

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

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by blueash

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.

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.

[Gpsma]

Just more Villages Bovine Scatology.

[I'm Popeye!]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

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

Mulberry Grove Regional Center SP 259-6040

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

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

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.

Ratings week.

[Koapaka]

Originally Posted by DAVES

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.

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.
.orthisjapaneselifeg/0/being-sick-in-japan/2012/10/1

[banjobob]

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 .

[sam&rog]

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

[bowlingal]

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.

[Luggage]

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

[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by blueash

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.

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