WASHINGTON (TNND) — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie ended a $5 million a year Covid-era addiction harm reduction program which consisted of delivering alcohol to alcoholics.
In April 2020, San Francisco Department of Public Health created the Managed Alcohol Program (MAP). At a time when bars and stores were closed due to the pandemic, alcoholics would get their booze dropped off directly to them at the taxpayers’ dime. Proponents argue that by directly supplying the alcoholics with booze that it would prevent them from experiencing harsh withdrawal symptoms.
The program lasted long after the pandemic ended…