stupidity at its finest...
this is NOT the church of my youth....
instead of working against the drug culture, they are trying to make it safer, which can never ever happen...
While I agree 100% that Rosaries should have been passed out as well, my objection to passing out these opioid reversal kits is more that they were passed out in the presence of children than that the Church was involved in distributing them. This opioid crisis is so desperate that no one seems to know what to do about it. These drugs are so cheap and so addictive that the number of people hooked in rural, semi-rural, and suburban areas is outstripping resources at every level. Parents are passing out at little league games, in the aisles at convenience stores, and in SUVs. When the parents are arrested or go into rehab, the children are sent to live with relatives, many of whom also have drug problems, or placed in foster care. The government can't afford to care for all these children and the children themselves are suffering. Yes, I would like to see the Catholic Church, which is my church, offer genuine — meaning, spiritual — hope and salvation. However, I would expect people to go oncologists when the have cancer. Considering all the government money that goes to, say, Catholic Charities, I can't say I mind reading about some practical good the Church is spending money on. These kits are saving peoples’ lives. When people die of opioid overdoses, they often leave two, three, or even six small children behind. Who will care for those children? After all, Catholic orphanages have gone the way of the Dodo Bird.
Heck, I'd rather see my local Catholic Church handing out opioid kits than condoms. (Again, the Church also should hand out Rosaries. They need not be mutually exclusive.)
I don’t see anything immoral on saving overdose victims. I seriously doubt the users were the ones taking the kits. I’m assuming they were concerned family, friends, neighbors.
Does it encourage OD? I doubt it, because OD is too easily a death sentence.
pretty much