On: San Francisco’s “Housing First” Nightmare

[convolvatron]

these people are addicted. quitting takes a lot of time and a lot of support and many of them won't make it to sobriety even in the best of conditions. saying they need to quit before the can be housed is the same as saying they should stay on the street.

[bifrost → convolvatron]

The alternative is actually putting them in jail for the crimes they comitted on the street so they detox there.

It got a mediocre success rate but its 100x better than whats happening now.

[pixl97 → bifrost]

Well, unless you can get drugs in jail, which is common. Black markets exist everywhere.