BOSTON — Addicts slumped on stoops, kids weaving past crack smokers in broad daylight, and City Hall bragging about tossing out 80,000 free needles every month — this is life in Boston under Michelle Wu’s “harm reduction.” And now Beacon Hill lawmakers want to make it official, opening so-called “safe injection sites” where junkies bring their own heroin, shoot up under supervision, and walk out with a government stamp of approval.

City Councilor Ed Flynn says the madness stops here. The South End councilor plans to file a resolution Wednesday slamming the state bill and urging his colleagues to block Boston from ever hosting such sites. “Just weeks ago, I held a hearing in the South End where nearly 200 neighbors shared their lived experiences near Mass and Cass that have now escalated to break-ins and sleeping in homes, cars, and trespassing in backyards,” Flynn told the Boston Herald . “It would be tone-deaf to tell those residents and small businesses that we’re going to now incentivize safe injection over focusing on a recovery campus and treatment-first approach.”

Flynn isn’t speaking from the cheap seats. A former Suffolk Superior Court probation officer, he says he’s helped “hundreds” of addicts get into detox and recovery. He believes Boston should double down on treatment, not build taxpayer-funded flop houses with nurses on standby. “Remaining sober and in recovery is often challenging for many,” Flynn said. “However, we can’t give up on anyone with an alcohol or substance use disorder.”

Beacon Hill’s whack-job solution, meanwhile, is to keep the needles flowing. State Rep. Mindy Domb and her allies cheered a 36 percent drop in overdose deaths last year — crediting naloxone, drug-checking, and sterile needle programs. To them, the answer is more of the same: let addicts shoot up safely while neighborhoods spiral. Critics say it’s the ultimate enabling program dressed up in academic jargon, rewarding addiction while families barricade their doors.

Wu’s own health commissioner, Bisola Ojikutu, has already admitted the city floods the streets with more than 80,000 needles a month. Her defense? HIV prevention. She noted more than 200 cases are tied to injection drug use around Mass and Cass — and claimed the number would be even higher without Boston’s needle blitz. To long-suffering residents, it sounded more like bragging about fueling the crisis that’s destroying their neighborhoods.

Flynn’s message is blunt: Boston must choose. Either invest in recovery campuses and give people a shot at sobriety — or embrace a future of slumped addicts, crack pipes on sidewalks, and City Hall-approved shooting galleries. He vows to stop it.