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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_j9h28tm wrote

Reply to comment by TastesLike762 in Two-thirds of McPherson Square homeless remain on street, D.C. says by SnortingCoffee

i mean the alternative is what you have now, with people shooting up on the street -- is that any better?

i don't think harm reduction programs solve these problems easily, but they're at least worth exploring

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frappeyourmom t1_j9ha5bc wrote

Harm reduction isn’t easy, but usually when someone got addicted, it wasn’t easy either. Most of the people I speak to when I’m supporting them with fresh supplies say that they want to get clean, but they don’t know where to find support. The folx who can find MAT clinics and stay supported eventually do get sober. Sobriety isn’t an overnight thing. LA I believe has a housing first model that does get people housed and slowly weans them off of whatever they’re using on the streets and gets them onto a MAT regimen. There’s also a program in North Carolina that does the same thing. The main block to those programs being implemented nationwide are policy changes and funding.

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Atar4xis t1_j9i4fg2 wrote

Nah, not worth exploring. What should happen is the homeless should be allowed to sleep in the v downtown botanist business at night. As for them shouting up, what business is it of anyone else?

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