What an interesting time for this to suddenly emerge...
Newfound variant of HIV progresses to AIDS faster and may be more transmissible | Live Science
the irony of framing it exclusively as "free crack pipes" is just as racist as the implications you're making lol
it's similar to the neoliberal policy for homeless people. don't actually do anything to stop homlessness, just install public architechture that doesn't allow them to sleep in public areas such as park benches and whatnot. just google anti homeless architechture if you've never seen what i'm talking about before.
the proposal does more than just give out "free crack pipes". exclusively framing it that way implies racism in the same way you think democrats would be mad at trump for doing what biden did.
harm reduction programs are statistically proven to lower HIV transmission and other things that are passed to each other with a needle when you give out smoking pipes instead. this is a good thing lol.
of course it's still not far enough because neo liberals aren't set out to completely fix this problem. it's similar to the neoliberal policy for homeless people. don't actually do anything to stop homlessness, just install public architechture that doesn't allow them to sleep in public areas such as park benches and whatnot. just google anti homeless architechture if you've never seen what i'm talking about before.
The crack pipes are the most problematic part. So, of course people are going to focus on it, lol! Giving out crack pipes helps nobody, but definitely destroys individuals and communities. That of course is the whole point. That is the agenda.
So what's your attitude on free needles/syringes, attitude boy?
That issue is a mixed bag, but in the bay area, those programs have led to an explosion of decrepid junkies overtaking San Francisco and the surrounding region. It is a Zombie Apocalypse that would have been hard to imagine just 20 years ago... I would say that if a program like that is put into use for the public good, it must have protocols in place to minimize the negative and harmful affects that could result from such a program being enacted. All in all, I am now against these programs. And, if you walk down the streets of San Francisco these days, you probably would be too.
Or....