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Trump Orders Use of Military Force Against Drug Cartels in Latin America : politics
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Has anyone else been noticing the abundance of hard drug use in West Loop/River West?
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I’m seeing people smoking crack in public, doing heroin in public. People nodding off or barely being able to hold themselves up. I saw a dude passed out today on the side of the building with a crack pipe in his hand. It was not as bad a year ago.
Top Comment: Kind reminder that Chicago Public Libraries have free Narcan to take with no questions asked 💛 you never know when you’ll come across someone who needs it Edited to add: Emphasis on Kind. Some of yall... sheesh
[DC] How would Superman feel about a superhero who does drugs in his private life?
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If there was a superhero who parties and does cocaine in his private life, how would Superman react or feel? Would he think less of him as a hero? Would he consider him a hero at all?
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There is currently no solution to the drug epidemic and homelessness in Seattle.
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I worked at a permanent supportive housing in Downtown Seattle which provides housing to those who were chronically homeless.
It was terrible.
I was ALWAYS in favor of providing housing to those who are homeless, however this place changed my mind. It is filled with the laziest people you can think of. The residents are able to work, however, 99% choose not to. Majority of the residents are felons and sex offenders. They rely on food stamps, phones, transportation all being provided by the city.
There is no solving the homelessness crisis, due to the fact that these people do not want to change. Supportive housing creates a false reality which makes it seem like these people are getting all the help they need, which means that they will end up better than they were before. When in reality, those who abuse drugs and end up receiving supportive housing will just use drugs in the safety of their paid-for furnished apartment in Downtown Seattle.
The policies set in place by the city not only endangers the residents but the employees as well. There is a lack of oversight and the requirements to run such building is non-existent. The employees I worked with were convicted felons, ranging from people who committed manslaughter to sexual offenders and former drug addicts. There are employees who deal drugs to the residents and employees who do drugs with the residents. Once you’re in, you’re in. If you become friends with the manager of the building, providing jobs for your drug-addicted, convicted felon friends is easy. The employees also take advantage of the services that are supposed to only be for those who need it. If you’re an employee, you get first pick.
There needs to be more policies put into place. There needs to be more oversight, we are wasting money left and right. They are willingly killing themselves and we pretend like we need to rescue and save them. Handing out Narcan and clean needles left and right will not solve the issue. The next time you donate, the next time you give money to the homeless, the next time you vote, think of all the possibilities and do your research.
While places like this might seem like the answer, it is not. You cannot help those who don’t want help.
Top Comment: I work in the medical field predominately with homeless people. I feel the exact same way. I’d say an overwhelming majority of them do not want to change and see no point in doing so. I feel like there becomes a point where you’re so far down the crime/drug line, that even if you did get clean what are the odds you’d land a job that would actually cover rent around here with no job experience in years and criminal charges. There becomes a mindset of no turning back. No amount of free food or housing will change that in many.
Great City, Bad Drug Problem?
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I visited Burlington for the first time 2 weekends ago. My wife and I loved walking around the waterfront and downtown Church Street. However it seemed like Church Street was an open air drug market, with no police in sight.
Here's what i saw:
*A man gave a panhandler some money.
*Within 5 minutes, the panhandler flagged his drug dealer down, who was riding a bike down Church street, and bought drugs right in front of me as i sat on one of the rocks on Church street. This was not discrete and the deal appeared to involve at least 4 other homeless looking people.
While I get a lot of cities have drug problems, I was surprised how blatant it was on such a touristy street.
Is this common in Burlington?
Top Comment: Yea. It's gotten worse over the last few years, but that sounds like an average stroll down church st.
The best analysis of Burlington's crime/drug/poverty problems I have read
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I think that Yglesias is an insightful observer of many issues involving crime and society. This recent post of his seems to describe almost perfectly the challenge that Burlington is facing:
"It’s not progressive to allow public spaces to become chaotic and unusable"
https://www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism-and-public-order
Worth a read if you have been interested in this issue in Burlington.
Top Comment: When I walk around our city and see the same people just left on the street to slowly decompose day in and day out, that does not strike me as a city that is progressive or humane. It looks like a city that has given up.
World's Scariest Drug (2012) - strange and powerful drug called Scopolamine, also known as "The Devil's Breath." [00:35:43]
Main Post: World's Scariest Drug (2012) - strange and powerful drug called Scopolamine, also known as "The Devil's Breath." [00:35:43]
Top Comment: https://erowid.org/chemicals/bz/ I think this is worse.
Is drug abuse common here?
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Hi, i just got diagnosed yesterday by my therapist but I forgot to ask her during the session, but how common id substance abuse in autistic people? I'm drinking and smoking weed and taking a lot other drugs basicially all the time because I can't entertain myself otherwise, also my special interests is drugs and everything related to psychoactive things, I feel like my addiction is related to autism
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Is there a drug problem in Portland?
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So I visited Portland Maine for the first time this weekend as a solo female traveler and I have never felt so unsafe like I did in Portland. And this is coming from a girl who grew up in Brooklyn NY and solo traveled before. Every block, I noticed someone on drugs. Random guys yelling. Homeless people.
On Saturday morning I went to get breakfast around 10 am and the streets were quiet. Just didnt feel safe walking on my own at all. Even in the evening when there were a lot of people around. I guess I was wondering if this is something locals notice too? Because I thought Portland would be safe as a solo traveler and that was not the impression I got.
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Portland’s not a terrifically unsafe place, but HAHA OH BOY does it have a drug problem, yeah