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In Vancouver, maybe around 1/10 homeless people die per year from overdose. So for quite a while, this is how the second-last step looks: * Your frequent ambu
by abandonliberty 9y ago
In Vancouver, maybe around 1/10 homeless people die per year from overdose. So for quite a while, this is how the second-last step looks:
* Your frequent ambulance trips and incarcerations now cost society around $200K/year, far more than social support ever would.
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/one-homeless-person-costs-171-000-a-year-1.365403 https://bc.ctvnews.ca/one-homeless-person-costs-171-000-a-ye...
http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2017/02/27/vancouver-homeless-population-increases-to-4000-people.html http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2017/02/27/vancouver-...
http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2017/02/27/vancouver-homeless-population-increases-to-4000-people.html http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2017/02/27/vancouver-...
- notabee 9y agoIt probably costs something near to that in the U.S. in emergency medical costs, incarceration, and other civil services to deal with the problem, except we won't try to get them rehab help or preventative care because...bootstraps or something.