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Actually this is not a bad idea, but the required conversion might be a bit expensive. A better idea IMO would be to convert the first floor to an open-access
by photochemsyn 5y ago
Actually this is not a bad idea, but the required conversion might be a bit expensive. A better idea IMO would be to convert the first floor to an open-access showering / bathing / clothes washing / personal storage setup with attendants to cut down on people trying to use it as a heroin shooting gallery. Maybe put in a free veterinary clinic for those with homeless pets, hey maybe even a free medical clinic for humans too. Trying to set it up for people to sleep and live there, though, that would be a bit much.
- teaearlgraycold 5y agoWhy not have a monitored space to inject drugs right next to the OD meds and counseling services to get people off of drugs?
- photochemsyn 5y agoAnd a monitored space to drink cheap vodka too? Personally I'd say no, you have to go shoot up and guzzle cheap alcohol somewhere else. Fact is more homeless people have alcohol issues than opiate issues, anyway. A lot of the alcoholics and opiate addicts don't even want to get clean, so why bother catering to them like that? Give services to people who actually want to get off the street first, that's the better option.
- heckerhut 5y agoWe’re giving people those spaces in Europe and it’s a massive improvement for both city people and the addicted. Please open your mind.
- photochemsyn 5y agoYes, but Europe has socialized medicine for all. Here in the USA we have no such generalized resources, so triage is necessary. There's a certain fraction of the homeless population that simply needs a period of institutionalization in a managed care facility, and why should the much larger fraction of the homeless population that simply needs basic resources to get off the street be forced to mix in with the crazies shooting up in broad daylight?