“He said he got free syringes from the city’s needle exchange, usually 50 at a time. San Francisco handed out 5.8 million syringes last year with no requirement to return the dirty ones“
“That leniency, though, stops at Geneva Avenue, the boundary between San Francisco and San Mateo County. The street is a dividing line in criminals’ minds, too. If you break the law, you definitely want to get picked up on the north side of Geneva. San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe is proud of that”.
“He thinks drugs should be decriminalized and that treatment should be available to whoever wants it. He thinks cities should open safe injection sites so users can consume drugs out of sight of children and cops”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Hard-journey-happy-kid-to-homeless-SF-drug-13877402.php