Wacky San Francisco Progressives: Hey, let’s give out free Crack Pipes!

Teachable moment boys and girls! 

Whenever you hear an idea of giving away anything for free, it’s a progressive idea that has no basis in reality let alone a viable rationale to address a problem.

CBS San Francisco reports brows were raised and eyes rolled back when needle exchange programs were first implemented to stop the spread of disease. Giving away free and clean syringes to heroin users seemed preposterous to many. Now it is a common practice and almost universally accepted as a means to prevent the spread of HIV. Could the same happen with free crack pipes?


Soon after our story was posted Friday, KPIX 5 received a flurry of phone calls and emails from city officials denouncing the idea to distribute the crack pipes.

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I dispute the notion of giving out free syringes has been a success. Anything that encourages the behavior of drug use is not a success for the drug user.