Providing drug users with syringes and pipes for public health purposes keeps addicts "in a state of bondage," a dealer-turned-activist told Fox News.

The city has established more than 20 harm reduction centers — sites that provide a variety of services including overdose prevention education, distribution of the overdose reversal drug naloxone and safe-use drug supplies such as syringes, tinfoil, and pipes. The goal is to reduce overdoses and the spread of disease, like hepatitis. 

"They should restart rethinking their policies here because this harm reduction site, it just doesn't work," Ricci Wynne, a drug abstinence advocate and former drug dealer, told Fox News. The homeless in San Francisco "don't need more syringes, they don't need crack pipes, they don't need tinfoil."

"They need abstinence-based treatment, they need to get clean, they need help to get back on the road to recovery," Wynne continued. 

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The San Francisco Health Commission passed a resolution in September 2000 adopting a harm reduction policy for substance abuse in the city intending to reduce the physical, social, emotional and economic harms associated with drug use, according to the city's health department. 

"Harm reduction methods are free of judgment and directly involve clients in setting their own health goals," according to the department. 

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Wynne called the approach a "failed model" and compared harm reduction to putting a bucket under a leaky roof. He said it's a temporary solution that does not fix the root cause of addiction. 

"It basically allows these addicts to keep living in a state of bondage," he said. "It's a lawlessness type of situation where there's no consequences for their actions, and they just continue to be able to live in this way."

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There were 556 accidental overdose deaths in San Francisco between January 2022 and November 2022, according to city data. More than 400 were from fentanyl.

Research is limited in how effective harm reduction services are in preventing overdoses, though the National Institutes of Health recently announced upcoming studies.

"Research is needed toward identifying ways to enhance access to harm reduction services as well as to measure their effectiveness," the NIH website states.

One city-funded initiative in 2021 gave out 50,000 doses of naloxone, resulting in about 4,300 reversed overdoses, the New York Times reported. 

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and the board of supervisors have voiced support for safe consumption sites — locations where users can take drugs under supervision, a local Fox affiliate reported last month. The city has been researching the notion for years.

"I'm really against these sites because you just have to ask yourself the question, what happens when the funding for these safe consumption sites runs out?" Wynne said. "What happens is these people still get put out on the streets, but with no treatment and no type of recovery-based approach."

"So they basically are going to stay in this vicious cycle of using," he continued.

To watch Wynne's full interview on harm reduction centers, click here.

Kendall Jenner left little to the imagination when she stepped out for Lori Harvey's star-studded 26th birthday party in Los Angeles on Friday night.

The 27-year-old model went braless under a semi-sheer, black one-shoulder Ludovic de Saint Sernin maxi dress while attending the bash at the Fleur Room Lounge in West Hollywood.

The "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" alum's gauzy, fitted dress featured an asymmetrical choker-style top section that boasted a large faux red lily.

Jenner sported strappy black heels and carried a black clutch. She accessorized with large gold earrings and wore black nail polish.

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"The Kardashians" star's hair was styled in an updo with several loose strands framing her face.

Jenner was joined at the party by her close friends Justin and Hailey Bieber, with whom she recently rang in the New Year in Aspen, Colorado. Other guests included Lizzo, Tiffany Haddish, Lil Nas X, Tyga, Kiernan Shipka, Chantel Jeffries and Cher's boyfriend Alexander "AE" Edwards.

It was not the first time that the model had donned a nipple-baring look. During an interview for Vogue's "Life in Looks" series last September, Jenner opened up about going braless while walking the runway during her first fashion show in 2014.

The 818 Tequila founder walked in the Marc Jacobs fashion show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week wearing a brown, nipple-showing, v-neck long sleeve sweater and khaki pants.

"This was actually my first high-end fashion show, and it was for Marc Jacobs," Jenner explained to the outlet. "I actually could not believe that I was there. Weirdly had little nerves and I think it was because my shoes were relatively flat they weren't some big tall heel. I was pretty chill even though my boobies were out," Jenner said. 

Jenner also talked about going into her agency for walking lessons leading up to the show as it was her first one.

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"I remember going into my agency and kind of getting like a walking lesson because I didn't necessarily know what I was doing. I think I took tips too seriously and ended up being really stiff when I got on the runway. I've learned a lot since then," she explained.

Jenner also talked about how she wasn't very nervous about walking the runway with her revealing outfit.

"I remember getting a call from my agent saying that Marc and Katie wanted to put me in this kind of sheer top and I was like ‘I’m game, like I don't mind. I'm all good with the nipple.' It didn't make me any more nervous," the model recalled. 

Fox News Digital's Ashlyn Messier contributed to this report.