That’s despite critics asserting there is no direct medical evidence that crack pipe giveaways stop the spread of disease.

And addicts told The Post that the free crack pipes help them afford more drugs to feed their habit. A man in Skid Row smokes narcotics from a pipe he received from Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles.

Since it went on sale in January, "Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a crack addict who broke free," has sold nearly a 1,000 copies.

A man who shared his lived experience of addiction in a new documentary said he did so to show others that "change is possible".

A free movie screening at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento highlights the need to help people battling drug addiction.