San Francisco is giving taxpayer-funded shots of vodka to homeless alcoholics in $5m program organizers claim ‘improves participants’ health’
dailymail.co.uk | 10 May 2024 | James GordonThe City of San Francisco is handing out bottles of beer, glasses of wine and shots of vodka to homeless alcoholics – and spending $5m a year on the program.
The alcoholic drinks are served by nurses as part of the city’s ‘managed alcohol program’, which has been running for four years, as a way of taking care of vulnerable homeless people.
The program is designed to curb the amount of alcohol homeless people drink. It still allows them some, but in a more managed way, in the hope of curbing their addiction in a controlled manner.

The Spanish homeless demand Tequila.
“I pity the poor souls”
The alcoholic drinks are served by nurses…
but how do you feel about the “Pour” souls?
“Thanks for the appetizer, darling, but where’s the main course?” – every active alky about to shoplift at the nearest liquor store