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This is one of the biggest stories of the last decade. The huge surge in homeless people and tent cities in the major metropolitans over the last few years will
by Flatcircle 5y ago
This is one of the biggest stories of the last decade. The huge surge in homeless people and tent cities in the major metropolitans over the last few years will probably turn out to be due to a drug epidemic happening right before our eyes.
- 737min 5y agoIt would be very interesting to understand this part of the story in more detail, although I expect it’s more complicated than the statement above. But someone should really research this properly.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y agoThis drug epidemic would not have occurred had xenophobes not been allowed to craft law and terrorize the public with fictional propaganda. These drug runners saw an opportunity and took it. It’s no different than what the sackler family did. Both are unjustifiable in civilized society. https://drugpolicy.org/issues/brief-history-drug-war https://drugpolicy.org/issues/brief-history-drug-war
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoMixing cause and effect? Desperation (economic, social life, etc) leads to escapism, among them substance abuse, leading people to lose even more grasp of life and lose their homes? There's an epidemic of loneliness, I wonder why, is it people having FOMO due to social media, reality TV, etc?