The three "R"'s

... in NYC are now becoming...    "Ragweed", "Rambos" and "Raw Fusion"*
(Crumpet from Dana Loesch)

Here's the latest smack on taxpayers.

The city spent $32,000 on 70,000 fliers that tell you how to shoot heroin, complete with detailed tips on prepping the dope and injecting it into your arm.

Yep, let's just make sure they put the dope in their bodies right the first time, shall we?  Yeah, great message for the NYC school system to pass on with your taxpayer money.. you know instead of, oh, how about NOT using heroin in the first place?

The 16-page pamphlet features seven comics-like illustrations and offers dope fiends such useful advice as "Warm your body (jump up and down) to show your veins," and "Find the vein before you try to inject."

Heaven knows that just sticking  yourself with needles without knowing where they're going is the important issue when it comes to drug syringes.. and you know, not the stuff  IN the syringe.  

And why in comic format?   Just to make sure the really YOUNG kids can understand what they're doing?

Heck, let's get Frank Miller or Kevin Smith to do the comics.. I'm thinking their artwork would REALLY bring out all those important details.

But it gets even better.. cause if you at first don't succeed...

It even encourages addicts to keep jabbing if their needles miss the mark. 

"If you don't 'register,' pull out and try again," it says. 

Try, try again.. right?  

But hey, let's see what the administration has to say about this use of taxpayer funds, shall we?

[heads the Drug Enforcement Administration's New York office John] Gilbride and city drug czar Bridget Brennan noted that the manual does have some sound advice. It stresses the importance of kicking the habit, seeking professional help and not sharing needles.

Sharing needles?  Yep, real sound advice there....  but why do I have my doubts about how much "importance" they put on kicking the habit?   

But it also spells out how junkies should ready their fix and the best ways to shoot it -- a bad idea when more New York teens than ever are trying heroin, they said.

More of that sound advice, right?

The Health Department defended its brochure, saying it was helpful and necessary, and has been distributed only to addicts or those at risk of becoming abusers. 

Do addicts REALLY need help on how to use drugs their addicted to?  And for those who at risk.. how about helping them say "No"?

"Our goal is to promote health and save lives with this information," said Daliah Heller, assistant commissioner for the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention, Care and Treatment. 

Asked why the handout tells people how to shoot up, Heller said, "From a health perspective, there is a less harmful way to inject yourself."

Do I really need to make a snark on how stupid this comment is?    Really?

* for those of you who like me, didn't know those terms in drug usage... are three terms used for Heroin - found courtesy of the Drug Slang Dictionary)