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The City of San Francisco is handing out bottles of beer, glasses of wine and shots of vodka to homeless alcoholics - and spending $5m a year on the program.
The alcoholic drinks are served by nurses as part of the city's 'managed alcohol program', which has been running for four years, as a way of taking care of vulnerable homeless people.
The program is designed to curb the amount of alcohol homeless people drink. It still allows them some, but in a more managed way, in the hope of curbing their addiction in a controlled manner.
Nurses assess patients and typically serve them the equivalent of 1-2 drinks between three and four times a day — handing out either 1.7 ounces of vodka or liquor (about a shot), 5 ounces of wine (1 glass) or 12 ounces of beer - about three-quarters of a pint.
Experts involved in the program say that it has actually helped to keep homeless alcoholics out of hospitals, jails, and even from dying.
Neither Weimar nor Sodom and Gomorrah were this bad.
The alcoholic drinks are served by nurses as part of the city's 'managed alcohol program', which has been running for four years, as a way of taking care of vulnerable homeless people.
The program is designed to curb the amount of alcohol homeless people drink. It still allows them some, but in a more managed way, in the hope of curbing their addiction in a controlled manner.
Nurses assess patients and typically serve them the equivalent of 1-2 drinks between three and four times a day — handing out either 1.7 ounces of vodka or liquor (about a shot), 5 ounces of wine (1 glass) or 12 ounces of beer - about three-quarters of a pint.
Experts involved in the program say that it has actually helped to keep homeless alcoholics out of hospitals, jails, and even from dying.
San Francisco gives shots of VODKA to homeless alcoholics
San Francisco's managed alcohol program provides beer and vodka shots to homeless alcoholics as part of a harm reduction strategy. The program has been running for four years.
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Neither Weimar nor Sodom and Gomorrah were this bad.