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.
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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.
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Step 1 is recognizing drug addiction is a disease. Without that, we cant have the right treatment plan.
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I don't agree. When I had issues, I didn't give two shits what you called it. It was a problem. And it was up to me to want to get better. Disease, disorder, bad habit. Whatever. Call it what you want. The actions to improve are the same.
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I get that on a personal level but as a whole, we see drug abusers as bad people who make bad decisions. We don’t talk about diabetes or heart disease in that way. By recognizing the disease, we can humanize the individual.
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Sure. I few them (us) like obese people. Some people can eat a lot and stay skinny or healthy. Others cannot. If you are the other, you have to make different choices. You're not bad. You just have been dealt that hand. The choice is yours.
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