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Ask HN: Will the homeless with drug addiction go cold turkey during covid19?
the withdrawals must be horrific. why isnt there any news or plan/protocol about this? in SF alone, we have hundreds on the streets.
- rapphil 7y agoI was discussing this with my wife today. But we are assuming that the supply will stop, right? Will it really stop though?
- DoreenMichele 7y agoFirst, I don't think most homeless are heavy users. It takes money to be a heavy drug user. I've known heavy drug users who went through like $10k in drugs in one year. That's more than some homeless people live on all year. So I suspect the "hard core junkies trope" is somewhat overblown. Second, they are having much more serious problems, like difficulty getting food: https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/2020/03/covid-19-and-impact-on-homeless.html https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/2020/03/covid-19-an... It's quite ugly at the moment and I don't know what we can do about it.
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoThere are pictures of homeless people still on the streets of San Francisco ..and they are ‘exempt’ from social distancing as per London Breed, the mayor of SF. I don’t understand what that means? They are ‘on their own’ ..to do what? Die?