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"According to SAMHSA, 38% of homeless people abused alcohol while 26% abused other drugs." [1] The vast majority of homeless people do not look like what's on
by ihaveajob 3y ago
"According to SAMHSA, 38% of homeless people abused alcohol while 26% abused other drugs." [1]
The vast majority of homeless people do not look like what's on display near Civic Center in SF. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
[1] https://americanaddictioncenters.org/rehab-guide/homeless https://americanaddictioncenters.org/rehab-guide/homeless
- grumple 3y agoFirstly, that's a lot of addicts. I was also unable to find what study they were citing on mobile, but I am extremely skeptical. In my city (Philly) we have a population of homeless heroin addicts larger than most towns in the US. Those that aren't in that cluster are generally mentally ill. At the very least, the homeless who are not mentally ill or addicts aren't the ones disrupting our lives, and they are not the cause of the problems we're talking about. This video is from two weeks ago (you can find many more like it): https://youtu.be/ipivYAHEoIM https://youtu.be/ipivYAHEoIM . It doesn't come close to capturing the scale of the neighborhood's blight but gives you an idea. The transient addicted population and people with extreme mental illnesses in Philly have been increasing in number and spread throughout the city though.