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Originally Posted by stone hands
How much harder do you imagine it to be to stop using hard drugs if you live on the street vs have a stable place to rest your head
Housing comes first, addiction comes second
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Is the success rate for getting clean from addiction outside of a specialized medical treatment facility high enough though? I don’t think providing housing and addiction counseling separately is strong enough for the needs of the majority. Sure it’s helpful for a certain amount of people but I don’t see it working for the majority.
For some, being removed from their support group is a negative but with most, being removed from their toxic environment and fellow addicted is what they really need to get clean. Provide the housing after so they can maintain normalcy, not to try to attain it.
There also needs to be just as much focus on services/supports for those that are millimetres away from being homeless or you’re just drying up flood water while the broken pipe is still flowing. Fix the pipe.