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Just spoke with my dr. She works a lot with homeless and addicts. She said since covid started, SF homeless have been given hotel rooms - they've seen a massive uptick in drug overdoses. Her hypothesis: hotel rooms made it easier to do drugs and easier to be lonely.
This is something I think a lot about when people discuss the homeless issue in SF. Lack of affordable housing isn't a perfect solution. If people are addicts, an apartment isn't a magic fix. Helping them kick drugs, which is people need to want, is step 1.
Fuck off troll.
You’re right, I think about this too. Finding shelter for people helps but we need todo it in conjctuon with the healthcare to treat their disease. If someone was homeless and had cancer, we wouldn’t get them an apartment and call it good...we would also get them treatment.
Absolutely this
A complicated issue and no single solution. Some great things happening with @mlfnow in Austin. Not for everyone but community is a great foundation.
Profound insight
I’m wondering if the huge army-style hospitals we prepared for Covid could be used for rehab projects? Seems like it would definitely be worth a trial.
That's really interesting. In Bristol (city I'm from in SW England) where they also provided emergency accom for the homeless, they saw a reduction in OD's. And instead a surge in demand for rehabilitation. Maybe its down to the ancillary services provided with the accom.
Is it possible (and this is pretty sad to consider) that they're just noticing them more because they're not as out of sight, out of mind?
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