IT HAS COME TO THIS: The NYT is the biggest shit sandwich on this entire planet
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Guarantee if the US got serious about stopping the flow of drugs into this country and taking out the criminal cartels producing them, the “homelessness epidemic” would improve very quickly.
People choose drugs over comfort, safety, basic human needs, therefore they’re living in the streets because anything other than getting high doesn’t matter. It’s the power of addiction.
I recall seeing crackheads in Chicago missing limbs and being confused as to why this was so common. It was explained to me that in the BRUTAL Chicago winters they have shelters that will take them in, but they are not allowed to get high in them. So they choose to stay out in the deadly cold and get high and get frostbite and lose a foot, leg or arm.
That hit me hard. I decided to quit smoking pot that day.
That's a great decision for you!
I think that cutting the flow of drugs would help immensely. On the other hand, once the addiction exists already then just cutting off the flow won't solve it on an individual level.
I view it as a separate topic although one does affect the other. It's more of a distinction between "how the problem started" than "how we solve the problem" for me.