Daily Verse | Leviticus 17:11
For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.
Tuesday’s Reading: Leviticus 18-20
It’s Tuesday and I am not making up what I’m about to share with you. One of the news sources I frequent had a story yesterday about the newest initiative of Brandon’s efforts to address “racial equity.”
The Washington Free Beacon reports that,
The Biden administration is set to fund the distribution of crack pipes to drug addicts as part of its plan to advance “racial equity.”
Just pause there for a second to admire the total incoherence of that statement of fact.
You’re going to give crack pipes to drug addicts to advance “racial equity”? What, are blacks competing with whites in the world of addiction?
In what sane society does enabling drug addicts to satisfy their addiction “advance racial equity”?
In Brandon’s world, this is apparently the compassionate thing to do.
The $30 million grant program, which closed applications Monday and will begin in May, will provide funds to nonprofits and local governments to help make drug use safer for addicts. Included in the grant, which is overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services, are funds for “smoking kits/supplies.” A spokesman for the agency told the Washington Free Beacon that these kits will provide pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and “any illicit substance.”
HHS said the kits aim to reduce the risk of infection when smoking substances with glass pipes, which can lead to infections through cuts and sores. Applicants for the grants are prioritized if they treat a majority of “underserved communities,” including African Americans and “LGBTQ+ persons,” as established under President Joe Biden’s executive order on “advancing racial equity.”
I’m sorry, did I say the government is providing the kits? What I meant to say is that you are providing the kits. Since the government doesn’t actually produce anything of value that anyone wants to buy, they’re using the money they take from you and me to send drug reinforcement kits to drug addicts who otherwise would have to use—horrors!—glass crack pipes that lead to infections.
You see, the problem isn’t the addiction; the problem is the infections users get as a result of their self-destructive habit. We can’t have white people getting clean drug delivery products while black people get used drug delivery products! That ain’t fair!
Other equipment that qualifies for funding include syringes, vaccinations, disease screenings, condoms, and fentanyl strips.
Terrific. Instead of fighting addiction, the government has thrown in the towel and said, “if they’re going to do drugs, let’s make them comfortable.” This is entirely in keeping with the therapeutic embrace of anyone or anything that is “oppressed” by the traditional culture.
You’re a drug addict? Poor thing! What you need is compassion and understanding that your habit isn’t a bad thing. No! If drugs are your reality, well, then, the least we can do is protect you from the discomfort the results of drug use can produce. Here’s a clean crack pipe! That should put you on an equal footing with whitey.
This is the same as when the government provides clean needles to heroin addicts. “At least they aren’t getting infected by dirty needles.” It’s like filling potholes as people shuffle their way along the highway to hell. The problem isn’t the potholes; the problem is that the road goes to hell.
This is the insanity of the Left. The father of a drug addict (Joe) is enabling his son (Hunter) and other addicts to remain addicts—by keeping the unflattering results of their addiction suppressed and allowing the addiction itself to eventually kill them.
That’s the true “equity” in this program.
