You are implying that enough poor people are junkies, or are poor because of some debilitating personal failure, that it is better not to trust any poor person

You are implying that enough poor people are junkies, or are poor because of some debilitating personal failure, that it is better not to trust any poor person to spend their welfare, in order to save the poor from themselves. Your anecdote does not change my opinion. I trust that most poor people are hard working and honest, not one foot in the grave with dope like your friend.