Re:Miami advances plan to move homeless onto island
by dekelpilli on Saturday August 20, 2022 @08:40AM
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> Homeless epidemics are really just drug addiction epidemics
The causes of homelessness will vary from place to place, but in Victoria (Australia) health issues (which includes addiction) is only listed as the cause for 2% of homelessness [1]. Now obviously this doesn't necessarily give the whole picture - for example, DV accounts for 35%, but it's possible that the violence is exacerbated by drug use.
The causes of homelessness will vary from place to place, but in Victoria (Australia) health issues (which includes addiction) is only listed as the cause for 2% of homelessness [1]. Now obviously this doesn't necessarily give the whole picture - for example, DV accounts for 35%, but it's possible that the violence is exacerbated by drug use.
[1] https://vincentcare.org.au/our-services/homelessness-statist...