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A guidebook from the Bloomberg administration, paid for by New York taxpayers, gives detailed instructions to that sliver of the heroin-injecting community that is (a) able to read English and (b) interested in instructional government guidebooks:
The guidebook, called “Take Charge, Take Care,” has sections on overdosing, testing for HIV and hepatitis — and how to “prepare drugs carefully” and “how to take care of your veins.”…
The Health Department defended its brochure, saying it was helpful and necessary, and has been distributed only to addicts or those at risk of becoming abusers. “Our goal is to promote health and save lives with this information,” said Daliah Heller, assistant commissioner for the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention, Care and Treatment.
We noted the bloated payrolls of government in a recent post. If the Bloomberg administration is interested in reducing its deficit, one easy fix (as it were) would be to eliminate every single person who was involved in the guidebook project.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:21 am
Let’s see if I have this right. Bloomberg has done his best to stamp out smoking and he has banned transfats for dubious reasons. Then he does a hard pivot and shows people how to inject potentially lethal illegal drugs. It boggles my feeble mind. In another era this would be considered insane.
January 11th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
It IS insane!