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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by rdtwo on Friday August 23, 2019 @05:24PM (#20782742)
Respectfully disagree. The invisible homeless need the most help because they could really benefit and return to society for not that much cost. The visible homeless are mostly addicts and mentally ill that are too far gone to be anything more than contained.
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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by novok on Friday August 23, 2019 @06:37PM (#20783405)
They often already get help, and are the segment that help actually helps them. But it's the visibile chronic criminal homeless w/ drug and mental illness problems that make a city worse for everyone, including the invisible homeless.
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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by rdtwo on Saturday August 24, 2019 @11:50AM (#20787824)
Agreed, in Seattle some of the activist groups actually actively make the chronic homeless more visible to increase funding to the other group. It’s a very effective strategy actually.
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