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I would not offer them any assistance. If individuals want to reach out and help that is their business, but the government should not be involved in providing shelters or treatment for them.
I would not offer them any assistance. If individuals want to reach out and help that is their business, but the government should not be involved in providing shelters or treatment for them.
I'm sure there's no easy solution - your way avoids ballooning costs at least. Ideally you'd want to be humane enough so that people avoid frostbite/incapacity, but keep it unpleasant enough to avoid complacency.
Opiate addiction is clearly something that will keep people from lifting themselves out of homelessness: perhaps there's some way to more directly prevent drug use. Regular drug tests with consequences for those that fail?
I'm sure there's no easy solution - your way avoids ballooning costs at least. Ideally you'd want to be humane enough so that people avoid frostbite/incapacity, but keep it unpleasant enough to avoid complacency.
Opiate addiction is clearly something that will keep people from lifting themselves out of homelessness: perhaps there's some way to more directly prevent drug use. Regular drug tests with consequences for those that fail?
As far as blatant loaded labels go, "heroin camps" is right up there. The proportion of the homeless who are heroin users isn't clear.