that position is the equivalent of abstinence only sex ed
teenagers are gonna bang
likewise, homless people who have mental illness with no prospects, family or positive influences are gonna drug
you can rehabilitate some users sure but people in dire straights with mental illness are going to continue living on the streets, pissing on the sidewalk and taking hard drugs as they have since probably the dawn of time and will until greater society realizes not everyone can bootstrap themselves up from poverty
the only sensible solution there is until we can build housing and give these people real meaning in life is to stop them from dropping dead from overdoses, and unfortunately it has to go somewhere
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