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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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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