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STICK THAT IN YOUR PIPE: Portland Handing Out Smoking Supplies to Fentanyl Addicts; Report

posted by Hannity Staff - 7.11.23

According to a Fox & Friends First report, Portland is distributing smoking supplies to fentanyl addicts in the city under the guise of “harm reduction.” One Oregon drug counselor says the city is giving addicts “the means to kill themselves.”

The supplies include aluminum foil, straws, and pipes.

“This is now their plan is let’s just let them all die,” drug counselor Kevin Dahlgren says. “I mean, this is just shocking. This is the deadliest drug in history, and now we’re giving them the means to kill themselves faster in these harm reduction clinics.”

Area health director Jessica Guernsey explains the city is supplying the paraphernalia.

“The new part of the program is that we’re adding supplies for people who smoke drugs,” Guernsey told KOIN 6. “We’ve seen a shift from injection drug use to smoking drug use, so that we can engage people who may not otherwise engage in services.”

From Fox News:

Fentanyl is generally smoked rather than injected, so visits to county clinics have dropped more than 60% since 2019, county spokesperson Sarah Dean told Willamette Week, which broke the story.

“Several decades of research have also shown that providing supplies for safer drug use does not increase illegal drug use,” Dean said.

Dahlgren, however, slammed the health department, accusing it of being inhumane by helping exacerbate an already overwhelming crisis.

“That’s their justification for doing this, is that we’ll have more interaction and contact with them,” he said. “But the fact is, they don’t offer services. They just encourage the use. It’s just completely inhumane.”

Portland’s Democrat mayor appears to agree, calling out the county for “actively enabling” the deadly fentanyl epidemic with the move.

“This misguided approach also results in greater risk to public safety for those who simply want to enjoy our city without walking through a cloud of toxic smoke,” Mayor Ted Wheeler said in a statement.

Watch the clip above. More over at Fox News: