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Re:San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate by thrownaway954 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @02:35PM (#23083223)
give them the compassion and support that any one of us deserves as human beings. if they are mental ill, then get them on the medication they need. if they want a job, give them one. if they are on drugs, get them into a program like NA and give them the medication to combat the withdrawl. everyone deserves the help the desire. there is no reason why we should putting each other down.
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Re:San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate by ueueshitashita on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @02:48PM (#23083358)
> if they are mental ill, then get them on the medication they need.

What if they don't want to be on medication?

> if they are on drugs, get them into a program like NA and give them the medication to combat the withdrawl.

What if they have no interest in doing that?

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Re:San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate by asdff on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @02:55PM (#23094897)
Right now, nothing. If you build enough shelter space, by law, you no longer can make these decisions. If there is enough shelter space to house the homeless population, the choices become go to the shelter or go to jail. This is why we need to build more shelters as soon as possible.
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Re:San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate by einpoklum on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:05PM (#23083582)
Agree with you generally, but NA is a religious missionary program, where the treatment/process involves worship or reverence of supernatural entities (a god / higher power).
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Re:San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate by thrownaway954 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:16PM (#23083712)
I'm in NA... it's not a religious program and you don't have to believe in god or a higher power. all of that crap is suggested.

it's a fellowship, nothing more, nothing less. you have someone that you can talk that understands first hand what you are going through when you have cravings. that's all it is... support when you want it.

everything is optional.

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