The rulers of Seattle have now come up with a brand-new abomination, namely a plan to reward or bribe drug addicts with gift cards, as long as the addicts agree to get treatment.
‘Gamifying Addiction”
The insane reward-based plan to fight Seattle’s drug addiction crisis has been announced by Democratic Mayor Bruce Harrell. His office website explains it would be a “contingency management” program designed to incentives drug users to get treatment, Fox News reported.
The bribes, which the Seattle Democrats think will help cure long-term drug addicts, feature cash and low-dollar gift cards. The report quotes journalist Jonathan Choe who says people have started to ask questions as to why the city has taken to “gamifying addiction.”
He added that the lefty mayor’s program seeking to keep the addicts clean and sober would resemble getting points at Chuck E. Cheese.
At the same time, however, Choe argued that Seattle’s residents should wait for the program to be tried out in order to judge whether it might end up being effective.
It is noted that another horrible crisis overwhelming the city has been homelessness and that is closely connected with the drug addiction crisis.
Seattle slammed for plan to give gift cards to drug addicts who accept treatment: 'Gamifying addiction' https://t.co/S014ZTf7sI
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 20, 2023
'YOU GET A CARD, YOU GET A CARD': Will Cain reacts to Democrats' new way to "save Seattle" after city leaders announce plan to solve the homelessness and drug addiction crisis by handing out gift cards. pic.twitter.com/jGnTlfmvBW
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 20, 2023
With homelessness and open drug abuse issues affecting public safety in #Seattle, the liberal @MayorofSeattle has announced an activation plan to give out gift cards to drug abusers to incentivize them to accept treatment services. https://t.co/qKxOw2Sn35
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) April 18, 2023
Drug Addiction Tied to Homelessness Crisis
Choe revealed evidence that eight out of ten Seattle residents who were homeless were also addicted to illegal narcotics.
The journalist argued the homeless addicts were hoping for “change in their lives,” including by having people to talk with and receiving greater treatment and support services.
He insisted that any attempt to tackle the drug addiction and homelessness crises would have to involve a massive mental health effort or the whole public crisis situation in Seattle would just “spiral out of control.”
Fox News anchor Ashley Strohmier pointed out to Choe that the Seattle mayor’s plan could allow addicts to sell any items they receive through gift cards and keep buying drugs. This has been the case in cities where looters are selling merchandise on the black market.
According to Choe, the big culprit behind the entire problem is Communist China since it is “fueling” the Mexican drug cartels. The unsecured southern border allows the latter to smuggle vast amounts of drugs into the US.
“Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's new plan to combat his city's drug crisis is under fire from critics who claim bribing addicts with incentives to get treatment could make the problem worse.” https://t.co/VfxwqRORQ2
— George® Magazine (@GeorgeOnlineLLC) April 20, 2023
This article appeared in The State Today and has been published here with permission.Seattle is now bribing homeless drug addicts with gift cards to help “solve” the drug crisis. This is sure to fix it!
Mayor of Seattle wants to solve drug crisis with gift cards https://t.co/7DTk12eD9e
— Katie Daviscourt (@KatieDaviscourt) April 19, 2023
