So right about that. Living on the street is an actual culture choice for a lot of people, they get used to it, form loyalties and definitely their own vocabulary. Tried dealing with and helping few. I got so sick of hearing them say how people were "jones'n" for this and that, always the drug culture, trying to get drugs for themselves and to share, and yes, using of good-hearted people. Institutions with good care can help because it is a change in environment! But it takes 2 years off drugs before a person even can make a choice that is not driven by drug addict brain wiring! If you add in various psyche problems, they can't be returned to the street at all, generally speaking. I knew a few entire families destroyed because of one member being on the street and on drugs. I will never forget seeing my neighbor being chased down the street by her own son screaming how he was going to kill her, all from Meth. Yes cops did save her.
Duterte's war on drugs actually worked better than anything the west has done. They killed quite a few drug dealers and some users, albeit not as many as Obama claimed. Users raping family, killing family etc... Out of 30 Meth heads in the area my wife is from, 29 quit and 1 was salvaged (extrajudicial killing) IMHO if 100 addicts need to die to save one child, thats a good trade off.
So right about that. Living on the street is an actual culture choice for a lot of people, they get used to it, form loyalties and definitely their own vocabulary. Tried dealing with and helping few. I got so sick of hearing them say how people were "jones'n" for this and that, always the drug culture, trying to get drugs for themselves and to share, and yes, using of good-hearted people. Institutions with good care can help because it is a change in environment! But it takes 2 years off drugs before a person even can make a choice that is not driven by drug addict brain wiring! If you add in various psyche problems, they can't be returned to the street at all, generally speaking. I knew a few entire families destroyed because of one member being on the street and on drugs. I will never forget seeing my neighbor being chased down the street by her own son screaming how he was going to kill her, all from Meth. Yes cops did save her.
Duterte's war on drugs actually worked better than anything the west has done. They killed quite a few drug dealers and some users, albeit not as many as Obama claimed. Users raping family, killing family etc... Out of 30 Meth heads in the area my wife is from, 29 quit and 1 was salvaged (extrajudicial killing) IMHO if 100 addicts need to die to save one child, thats a good trade off.