And the data is wider than your experience I suppose.
Yes, there are homeless people with pre-existing substance abuse problems. But so many people have this idea that somebody has their life together and then they try meth and then they end up homeless and that's how most homelessness works. This makes the "well, they deserve it and there is nothing to be done" position stick.
> And the data is wider than your experience I suppose.
Not that I care much. Me and my children will live as far from addicts and the homeless as I can manage, thank you very much.
> But so many people have this idea that somebody has their life together and then they try meth and then they end up homeless and that's how most homelessness works
Usually people who are on drugs have their life fall apart, which ultimately ends in homelessness.
Yes, there are homeless people with pre-existing substance abuse problems. But so many people have this idea that somebody has their life together and then they try meth and then they end up homeless and that's how most homelessness works. This makes the "well, they deserve it and there is nothing to be done" position stick.