You know when you see something on Twitter and you think to yourself, ‘Self, that can’t be real,’ but then you remind yourself it’s 2022 and what you’re seeing is coming out of New York City and so it makes total sense that it’s real?
Yeah, we had that reaction when we saw this ‘public service announcement’ from New York City for heroin addicts.
This is a hoot.
No, @nycHealthy, heroin addiction is not empowering
This is the opposite of “harm reduction.” This normalizes injecting deadly life-changing drugs
“avoid using alone” 🤔
“Start w small doses” 👀
“Using safely” 😳
This is twisted
Did you approve this @NYCHealthCommr? pic.twitter.com/YW3BT1km60
— Joe Borelli (@JoeBorelliNYC) May 27, 2022
Twisted is putting it nicely.
How about a PSA telling New Yorkers not to use heroin and if they’re addicted here’s where they can get help instead of telling them to be empowered while using? Just spitballin’.
Does the @MTA support encouraging riders to “take turns” using heroin?
I mean it literally says that. Will they remove this?
— Joe Borelli (@JoeBorelliNYC) May 27, 2022
And juxtapose this with the discouragement of *actual* normal behaviors like talking to others.
We have lost the plot. pic.twitter.com/KRzhRC553j— Sam Peruser (@1blumoon198) May 27, 2022
Yes.
Yes we have.
This is the saddest, most depressing, and least inspiring graphic I have ever seen. Wow
— SL (@slaurie526) May 27, 2022
Liberalism is running taxpayer-funded ads for heroin while trying to ban soda.
— Donny Ferguson (@DonnyFerguson) May 27, 2022
Perfection, right there.
This is shockingly irresponsible. ‘Take turns’?! A functioning well-groomed person in an ad? Does a young person read this and understand that fentanyl will destroy their lives? pic.twitter.com/2nCMuQzWlV
— Shannon Edwards (@NYLONDONBIZ) May 27, 2022
This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. "Using safely"?! There's no such thing! And for such a deadly, addictive drug. Sad what they're pushing.
— Cathy (@redcat0827) May 27, 2022
Sad.
Evil.
Twisted.
All of the above.
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