The latest nonsense from the leftist nanny state mindset is that plastic drink straws are somehow causing an environmental crisis. They quote a claim that 500,000,000 straws are being used and disposed of per day. this claim is based in a “study” performed by a grade school student and have no real basis in fact. The child called straw manufacturers and asked how many they made per day. He then extrapolated that that number somehow represented the number used. He was interviewed on some morning TV show and the left ran with it.

The left then started pressuring local, state, and even the federal government to outlaw plastic straws with now real evidence that doing so would do what they claimed it would. The resulting bans have and will force people to use a more costly and less practical alternative, namely paper or bamboo straws.

The city of Santa Barbara just passed the most draconian plastic straw ban yet! Six months in jail or $1000.00 fine per straw for anyone handing out plastic straws.

Here’s the article from National Review… https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/plastic-straw-ban-santa-barbara-jail-time-punishment/