Will hospitals deny treatment to them, too?

meh — he’s probably not vaccinated, either

Doctors, hospitals, and the Karens have all railed against the COVID-infected unvaccinated, calling for the denial of medical care, including organ transplants (and their donors) because “they did it to themselves”. So presumably we can now expect them to stand by and jeer as junkies flop around and die on the sidewalks, no?

NY Pols, Police Commissioner orders cops to do nothing as drug addicts shoot up. The measure, effective Oct. 7, originated in New York City,

The New York Police Department waved the white flag last week — upon orders to surrender from Albany — directing officers to let drug addicts freely shoot up on city streets, and even let them share needles.

“Effective immediately, members of the service should not take any enforcement action against any individual who possesses a hypodermic needle, even when it contains residue of a controlled substance,” states a directive to NYPD commanders issued last Friday and obtained by The Post. 

Senate Bill 2523, cited in the order to street cops, decriminalizes the possession or sale of hypodermic needles and syringes, commonly used by addicts to inject drugs such as heroin.

“This is outrageous,” railed real estate executive William Abramson, who represents residential and commercial clients around the city, many of whom have complained to him about addicts found whacked out in their stoops and doorways. 

“Once again, quality of life in New York City continues to deteriorate because of laws that do not consider the residents and businesses of the city. We all agree that something needs to be done to help addicts. But letting them shoot up on the streets does not help anyone. This is bad for everyone.”

Drug deaths across the city are skyrocketing. The Centers for Disease Control reports 2,243 people died from drug overdoses in New York City for the 12-month period that ended March 31 — a staggering 36 percent increase in OD deaths from the year before. 

The NYPD decree also tells cops that “it is no longer a violation of law for an individual to possess a hypodermic needle, even when it did not come from a pharmacy or a needle exchange program.”

In other words: junkies are free to score needles on the black market, or to share them with other addicts, a risky behavior which creates added dangers for both the user and the wider community. 

The potential for needle sharing “contravenes any logical and reasonable science based upon public health standards,” said Lanza. 

This bill “was passed under the guise of compassion, but it’s one of the least compassionate bills I’ve seen come across the legislature in a long time,” he added. “There is nothing compassionate about telling people to keep doing something that is going to kill them.”

Sharing needles increases the risk of communicable diseases, most notably HIV.

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