Taxpayer-funded drug paraphernalia in LA a cruel and cynical disgrace

From the department of Orwellian language we get batches of words like “harm reduction” and “Skid Row Care Campus.”These terms describe government policies that hand addicts the tools to get high –– again and again, every day.(Then taxpayers pay to stash the addicts in hotel rooms, among other non-solutions.)This is, of course, sheer lunacy.It’s also the official policy of the governments of Los Angeles, LA County and California.As revealed in The California Post, anyone can walk into LA’s Skid Row and obtain a range of taxpayer-funded drug paraphernalia –– no questions asked.Over several days, journalists received syringes, crack pipes, containers to mix injectables and more, reporters for City Journal found.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story That’s not care, and it’s not reducing harm.It’s perpetuating, enabling –– and deepening –– addiction.At taxpayer expense.

Over and over and over again, as the city’s homeless crisis grows. Funny, isn’t it, how we never see “Your tax dollars at work” signs outside Skid Row?Los Angeles, LA County and California should all retreat from policies so absurd as to invite parody.And if local governments and their nonprofit cronies are so addicted to the sinister status quo (pun intended), the Trump administration should step in and put the entire sordid enterprise to an end: cold turkey.Government has no business bankrolling illegal, destructive conduct that degrades public safety, causes collateral damage to innocents and hands taxpayers a bill for chronic dysfunction.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up h...