Our old friend, "compassionate" conservatism

Ampersand notes an illogical new statement from the White House official in charge of drug policy, which opposes lifesaving treatment for drug overdoses because they might encourage risky behavior. He summarizes the appropriate reaction perfectly:

Trying to make it more likely that people will die of an overdose, in the hopes that the threat of death will make them seek treatment, isn’t just incredibly ignorant of how people actually work; it’s a disgustingly callous indifference to human life.

Another example of the problem with faith-based reasoning (the facts don't support this one either) as well as with "stern parent" approaches to most of adult public health.