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Originally Posted by TheHonestMaple
But then there are also those who are incapable of helping themselves, which I suspect is something like 95% of homeless. Giving a hardcore opiod addicted homeless person a free apartment is no solution, and doesn't work. They won't get off the drugs, and they won't become useful members of society. What they will do is continue their drug use, destroy the apartment and eventually end up on the street again.
What you need is drug treatment (likely forced in a compassionate facility), then long term supports and supervised housing. Some will recover and enter society, some will unfortunately not and need to be institutionalized. Some have developed such severe mental health issues that there simply is no recovery. Recognizing that is important.
What you don't need is free drugs, free places to inject those drugs, and free housing with no supports. That we know, all you have to do is take a look at British Columbia.
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We both agree on this point - help those we can - institutionalize the rest.