San Jose County’s The Sun reports the program was launched in 2020 ‘to prevent alcohol withdrawal among homeless individuals placed in hotel rooms, and it has since expanded to a 20-bed program with a $5 million annual budget.’ The program also ‘offers resources for securing identification, psychiatric care, wellness activities, and connections to community-based organizations,’ the paper added.
‘City public health officials argue the program’s benefits, citing emergency room declines, savings from reduced hospital visits, and relief for the city’s already strained emergency services,’ reports Benzinga.
Keanan Joyner, a professor and researcher in the Clinical Research on Externalizing and Addiction Mechanisms Lab at UC Berkeley, thinks the move is a good one, stating: “The science is very clear at this point that harm reduction as a general strategy for treating alcohol and other drug use disorders is very effective. It’s a very positive thing,” Joyner said.
He went on to say, according to KQED, ‘Funding programs like MAP, however, can actually have monetary benefits to the public, especially since not all people with alcohol use disorder are willing to go through abstinence-based treatment programs.’
Adam Nathan, a small-business owner and chair of the Salvation Army San Francisco Metro Advisory Board, has criticized the move. He says it’s setup as “so people in the program just walk in and grab a beer, and then another one,” and that “inside the lobby, they had a kegs set up to taps where they were basically giving out free beer to the homeless who’ve been identified with [alcohol use disorder].”
“I am a taxpayer. When did this Managed Alcohol Program get approved? Where were the public hearings? Why is it hidden away in an old hotel?,” he queried.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
Habakkuk 2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! [16] Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD’S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
What an absolute joke, but this is Californication we’re talking about.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Oh, that makes 100% sense, give the homeless alkyies booze to help them get better???!!! On what planet are these mayors and govn livin? A nurse to help them maintain their “level” of intoxication; I guess that means they stay in orbit and not get into outer space…
San Francisco; leading the nation in first class health care for homeless drunks
you are really late getting this story to the readers. I read about this a few weeks ago.
Boo hoo.
Don’t worry Jacob, you’re going a great job, better late than never.
All glory to God and the King James Bible!
Please don’t berate Jacob, cary, he’s stressed and has a whole list of things to work on whether for Winepress or something else. He’s a busy man, don’t stress him!
It’s not about stress, it’s just snide comments such as that I don’t like. Oh well!
Oh yeah, that’ll totally help the homeless and aide in alleviating the problem, give them free booze, what could go wrong?
California is the birthplace of stupidity and one of the biggest generators of America’s evils among many. Las Vegas Sin City and Salem, Massachusetts the city that celebrates witchcraft are two others.
This program began in 2020. Pretty much kept hidden from the general public as so many laws and programs are. How many major federal bills have been passed without being fully read by the congressmen responsible?
We appreciate the news you report WHENEVER you report it, Jacob. I for one, feel that you reported it in a timely manner. No emergency to this at this point. It’s up to California’s to do something about it if they so choose. I’ll bet several are just learning about it via your article.
We are observing the decline of our society… as we often literally provide the money for this sinful decline happen. Saddens me as to where our tax dollars go.
Good grief. You couldn’t cover every evil in this wicked world as it occurred if you tried…& that wouldn’t be wise anyways because you need time in the word of God, prayer, gratefulness & praise. We know who the accuser of the brethren is. ….Would just say that this is just taking up for Rome who makes fermented….leavened…alcohol part of their ‘worship’ ritual & ‘salvation’: their ‘cure’ for sin.
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Come & dine, the Master calleth: come & dine; You may feast at Jesus’ table all the time!
He who fed the multitudes, turned the water into wine; To the hungry calleth now, ‘come & dine’!
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It’s dogs & hogs who have a constant appetite for vomit & wallows; & Satan who offers poison, slop & lies, sorcery & distractions appealing to the flesh. There are so many today going to be found spiritual bastards in the end! Watch & pray.
Wow, what a new low! Why not just kick the horse while it’s down (sarcasm).
They will reap exactly what they sow!
A link to brother Bryan’s study on God’s 5 instruments of death.
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