What societal benefit is there? I understand the argument for needles, but pipes? I'm sure there is a reason. Anyone know?

Meanwhile, I can't buy sudafed without being tracked by the government in my state. Does California give out free sudafed as well, to help people make meth? Heck, why not just give out free meth?

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Dems never met a tax that they didn’t like.
Just priming the pump for additional revenue. :)

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“ No, California's state government is not spending millions of dollars on crack pipes, as state and federal funds are legally barred from purchasing drug paraphernalia.However, local county governments within California—most notably Los Angeles County—do allocate millions of dollars to broad "harm reduction" budgets, a tiny fraction of which goes toward distributing smoking kits that contain glass pipes.The Funding BreakdownWhile headlines often conflate the total budget with the cost of the pipes, the actual spending is structured as follows:Total Harm Reduction Budget: Los Angeles County increased its overall harm reduction budget from $5.4 million to $31.5 million to combat soaring fentanyl and opioid overdose deaths.What the Millions Actually Pay For: The vast majority of these millions covers staffing, healthcare programs, overdose-reversing medications like Narcan, and sterile syringes.The Cost of the Pipes: Public health officials explicitly stated to the Los Angeles Times that only a small fraction of local county funds goes toward buying the glass pipes. Because pipes themselves are incredibly inexpensive, the county does not spend "millions" on the physical pipes.”

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It’s right there

The answer is in their name of the program.
They think it is “harm reduction”….like the free needle programs.
They soend millions on a “harm reduction program that chooses to give out free crack pipes as one strategy.
If I were you, I’d want to know where they are choosing to spend all of the rest of that money given their choice on the pipes.

Being that California is a donor state, unlike your welfare state, the money spent on harm reduction is a drop in the bucket. It doesn’t affect me one iota.

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I’ll be sure to ask the next junkie I run in to, though.

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But, please, in the future, don't feel compelled to post 15 times on a subject you know nothing about.

And it seems you knew nothing about the subject you posted. Consider yourself educated. You’re welcome.

And…Google is your friend. Try using it before post fallacies.

I googled and didn't get an answer. Apparently you didn't either.

Party affiliation.

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