"Harm reduction" policies push "safe" drug use, hand out millions of crack pipe and syringes.

One of the hot new liberal policies is called "harm reduction."  It's getting millions from duh biden regime.

Hey, who could *possibly* be against anything called "harm reduction," eh?

The problem is, what liberals/leftists/Democrats call "harm reduction" actually means...wait for it...giving drug addicts free crack pipes and syringes.  They even attach the crack pipes to cutesy valentine cards to make 'em even more cute and attractive.

The same organization also buys billboard advertising telling people "Do it with friends," showing pics of happy people using drugs at a party, and homeless people smiling as they prepare to use drugs on the streets. Seriously.  Each poster also had information about where to get free naloxone to reverse overdoses.  Cuz hey,
*smart* drug use isn't harmful, right?

A typical pro-drug story describes Jose Martinez, who was a drug user and now works for the National Harm Reduction Coalition (NHRC), "a national nonprofit promoting safer drug use."  

>>"Harm reduction is a strategy that meets drug users where they are, offering clean needles, naloxone to reverse an overdose and other supplies *without pressuring people to enter treatment."*
   Martinez used to smoke K2, a synthetic cannabinoid also known as "spice." But he said the drug had him stealing from family, burning bridges and turned him into a "completely different person."
  "But it was not the drug," he says, "because we believe that every drug can be used safely and recreationally even." >>

 Ah...every drug can be used safely."  Got it?

Martinez stopped using K2, saying he’d "rather stick to weed." He now has a job, and attributes the positive changes to support from harm-reduction measures.

Some argue that anything that would reduce the annual death toll from overdoses is--100,000 in 2022--is good, so "harm reduction" helps.  Question is, does promoting "safe drug use" reduce deaths, or make drug use seem less dangerous and more acceptable?

Martinez said he didn't believe attaching cute cards to a crack pipe encourages drug use.  Instead he said it "humanizes drug users and may bring them a glimmer of hope."  Okay, but how does it not encourage drug use by making it seem safe and friendly?  This is the problem.

Martinez rationalizes "These are people who don't got nobody."  He says "We pass out pipes and people be like, ‘Y’all doing the work of God.'"  Well what would you expect, eh?  

If so-called "harm reduction efforts" reduced drug deaths, they might be worth the millions of dollars they consume.  But evidence suggests that convincing voters that "smart" drug use is harmless is more likely to get voters to pass laws decriminalizing drug use, leading to  increased use.  Hmmm...

So...no one is asking if "harm reduction" programs reduce drug use.  But we can get an idea of what they're accomplishing by considering the experience in Seattle, where the "People's Harm Reduction Alliance" handed out nearly 4.3 million syringes and more than 12,500 naloxone kits in 2021.

Hmmmm.... does that sound like drug use is dropping?  Of course not.  But that's not the goal, eh?

Source.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/meth-pipe-valentines-harm-reduction-advocates-critics-odds-best-way-help-drug-users