Did you know San Francisco spends $2 million a year on a "Managed Alcohol Program?" It provides free Alcohol to people struggling with chronic alcoholism who are mostly homeless. I stumbled upon the building where they have this program. This is what I saw.🧵
— Adam Nathan • blaze.ai (@adampnathan) May 8, 2024
The tweet is complete misinformation
They don't give beer, but shots of vodka
It doesn't cost $2 million a year, but $5 million
Previously, the city reported that just five residents who struggled with alcohol use disorder had cost more than $4 million in ambulance transports over a five-year period, with as many as 2,000 ambulance transports over that time.
In an October presentation, public health staff pointed to one story of a 38-year-old man suffering from addiction and psychotic disorder. He reportedly had more than 36 ER visits over nine months with high blood alcohol content. In the nine months after joining the program, that number fell to just six ER visits.
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this is a lot better than giving 10 billion a year to some ngo that grifts all of it in an attempt to turn hobos into investment bankers or something.
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think how cheap a bullet would be
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This program is 100% about this 💅🏿💵 and 0% about this 🥃🚫
I don't think people fully grasp how government jobs programs like this basically fund middle class lifestyles across the country.
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GOD I wish I were shameless enough to go for this blatant of a grift
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How to win in government: be in charge of the most people, and have the most sway
How to lose in government: fix the problem with 20 people, get disbanded
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Wtf is "mostly homeless"?
Edit: Other post https://old.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1cozpbr/sf_program_gives_homeless_people_free_booze_heres/
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do zoomers even know about the princess bride
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Yes
its not even that old
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it came out the year i was born
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!metashit peepeehands is in his late 30s
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You've just committed one of the classic blunders!
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Never trust an Australian?
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Everyone knows Australia is entirely people with criminals, but less well known is this: Never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!
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You're the same age as a very very minor public figure (who nonetheless has a wikipedia page) that I really want to bang despite her being roughly a decade older than me
I can't really hint at who she is without giving it away, she's professionally notable for an extremely niche combination of things.
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The frick even is this comment?
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Don't kinkshame me
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I lol'd
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You're parsing the sentence wrong. Most of the people served are homeless, not everyone served is mostly homeless.
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!boozers sf meetup when???
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do they give visas for boozer meetups? can I get a sponsor letter from any of the !boozers ?
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Yes I know cyberdick. He has the best electronic peepee this side of the meridian, please let him into the US unmolested, that's my job.
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omw to the embussy
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Darn bro, WTF did your country do to prevent you from getting a B-2?
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right B-2 I forgot, no issues! we can get!
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can we give them free cars too?
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The governor responsible for this program is your future president and there is nothing you can do about it.
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The stigma against Californians is so strong that a Californian will not be president for 50 years.
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Somebody somewhere here is misrepresenting the value of their labour, comrades.
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Why would they provide free alcohol to people struggling with alcoholism?
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because they let people enjoy things
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The withdrawals can FRICKING kill them
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Umm it's called haem reduction sweaty. If they have to source their own alcohol they'll buy cheap harmful stuff like Miller Lite so by spending money on Grey Goose we can help them drink safely
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Hopefully so they can one day swap it for methanol and deal with the homeless problem with no one any the wiser.
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I support helping difficult neighbors drink themselves to death. We should also provide free drugs with a waiver accepting that no medical help will be provided.
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I wonder how much it costs to turn five drunks into soylent green
California is such a meme state
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agreed on the soylent green but also that sounds like fake numbers. in america they can just go "one trip in an ambulance? that's twenty million dollars thanks. frick its crazy how much money you just wasted!"
gas and salary for two paramedics for 20 minutes is not a million bucks
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I am genuinely surprised that Redditors are woke to the NGO/gubmint grift question.
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"In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant."
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O_o
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