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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Sure now ask the same question and replace "drug use" with "addiction" and watch the number sky rocket.
At the very least, let's say it's 50% of homeless are addicts, you take 50% of homelessness away by working on addiction.
You do this by doing the Portugal model. /thread.
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Okay looks like it’s 1/3 for drug and alcohol . I assume Canada is similar
https://americanaddictioncenters.org...guide/homeless
So we’re taking 600-700 people in Calgary. I don’t know enough about the “Portugal System” and haven’t researched pros and cons- but I agree with the premise that it isn’t rocket science to fix - and not the expense relative to other things we “waste” dollars on
It’s just not a sexy voting topic until they are in your neighborhood