Alcoholics Anonymous, get outta town. The city of San Francisco is offering free booze to the homeless with alcohol addiction. This is not a treatment and recovery program but a new pilot to keep the unhoused off the streets while relieving the burdens on the city’s emergency services, according to officials. While it has had some success in the Golden Gate City and other countries, critics claim it’s just supporting addictions and risking lives.
Homeless Get Free Booze
The Managed Alcohol Program (MAP) gives doses of alcohol to homeless volunteers with addictions. The idea is that doing so will help people manage their consumption while making sure they get enough booze so that they don’t have withdrawals.
In 2020, the California Health Care Foundation released an article describing the program’s goals: “Established in countries such as Canada…
