Anthony Furey: Taxpayer Money Used for Crack Pipes, Crystal Meth Kits Is Just Wrong

Commentary Earlier this year, I drew attention to the little-known fact that the City of Toronto was giving out crack pipes, crystal meth kits, and other hard drug paraphernalia. I held a press conference during the mayor’s race, in which I was a candidate, to show the cameras the physical evidence of these drug kits.  There was no doubt they came from the city. Their kits actually had City of Toronto logos on them. We now have more information about the extent and costs associated with these kits thanks to a new freedom of information release. A lot of people were outraged at the time to learn that this was going on. But the disturbing truth is that it has actually been happening for a couple of years. Some apologists for this practice tried to use the fact it was already an established city handout as an argument that the revelation was no big deal and that it wasn’t actually news. ...