Fri Jun 3, 2022 – 10:27 am EDT
NEW YORK CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Ads from the New York City Department of Health urge users of crack, heroin, cocaine, and other fentanyl-laced drugs to take drugs in an “empowered” way.
The ads, seen on public transportation, give advice including to “[a]void using alone and take turns” and “[s]tart with a small dose and go slowly.” Drug users should also keep anti-overdose drug naloxone on hand, in case the other steps do not work to avoid an overdose.
Furthermore, drug users should not be “ashamed” but should feel “empowered” to do drugs “safely.”
“Don’t be ashamed you are using, be empowered that you are using safely,” one poster states.
New York City’s health commissioner is so idiotic he actually endorses a message suggesting heroine users view themselves as “empowered” if they use the drug safely. This demonstrates a lack of nuanced thinking that has been catastrophic to our health- based policies 1/ pic.twitter.com/wMJQ5FnqZH
— Jenin Younes (@Leftylockdowns1) May 30, 2022
A Republican city councilman criticized the message from the health department and its commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, and contrasted it with the COVID policies supported by the public
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