<story><title>Why Portland&apos;s Public Toilets Succeeded Where Others Failed (2012)</title><url>https://www.citylab.com/design/2012/01/why-portlands-public-toilets-succeeded-where-others-failed/1020/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>narrator</author><text>So how do you solve the heroin junky passing out&amp;#x2F;projectile vomiting&amp;#x2F;falling asleep&amp;#x2F;dying&amp;#x2F;leaving needles around&amp;#x2F;defecating everywhere but the toilet with the door locked problem?&lt;p&gt;On the streets of San Francisco I have seen several passed out heroin junkies lying flat on their back right there on the sidewalk, needles nearby, perhaps passed out or worse with some sort of projectile body effluent leaking out of them or trailing behind them.  This is probably an average day at Starbucks for a non-discriminatory bathroom in a high addict area.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jdietrich</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; So how do you solve the heroin junky passing out&amp;#x2F;projectile vomiting&amp;#x2F;falling asleep&amp;#x2F;dying&amp;#x2F;leaving needles around&amp;#x2F;defecating everywhere but the toilet with the door locked problem?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Universal healthcare, harm reduction and rehab services, comprehensive welfare, affordable housing and a sufficient number of properly trained and resourced social workers.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why Portland&apos;s Public Toilets Succeeded Where Others Failed (2012)</title><url>https://www.citylab.com/design/2012/01/why-portlands-public-toilets-succeeded-where-others-failed/1020/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>narrator</author><text>So how do you solve the heroin junky passing out&amp;#x2F;projectile vomiting&amp;#x2F;falling asleep&amp;#x2F;dying&amp;#x2F;leaving needles around&amp;#x2F;defecating everywhere but the toilet with the door locked problem?&lt;p&gt;On the streets of San Francisco I have seen several passed out heroin junkies lying flat on their back right there on the sidewalk, needles nearby, perhaps passed out or worse with some sort of projectile body effluent leaking out of them or trailing behind them.  This is probably an average day at Starbucks for a non-discriminatory bathroom in a high addict area.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>willvarfar</author><text>In big european cities many fast food places have weird blue lighting in the toilets; apparently it makes it hard for junkies to find their veins or something.</text></comment>