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haele

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27. Substance abuse also correlates to self-medication.

Reply to Mosby (Reply #18)

Fri May 9, 2025, 09:04 AM

May 2025

Chronic Pain, Situational Depression or other Mental Health issues.
All of which could be fixed with low cost health treatment access and robust guilt free social services to be able to step in when someone hits a bump in the road.
Everyone will experience bad luck, find themselves in an "unwinnable" bad situation, or just done something stupid or shameful enough they want to run away and pretend it never happened. That's what Social Services should be there to assist.
To help keep personal problems from spiraling out of control and adversely affect the individual and/or the community at large.

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"In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. The reason: The country applies the "Housing First" [View all] applegrove May 2025 OP

What a Concept... Good on Finland. Cha May 2025 #1

Probably cheaper in the long run? Grins May 2025 #2

Well, it's cheaper if you care about homeless or a stable society. haele May 2025 #8

I applaud your Take... BurnDoubt May 2025 #16

A Petty God makes a Petty Man - haele May 2025 #26

Great post malaise May 2025 #23

Good article. I can see some states backing loans, lotteries, etc., but not many. Hope someday Silent Type May 2025 #3

Love the use of lottery funds. JanMichael May 2025 #21

The happiest people in the world, they say. Instead of being homeless, they are productive and and able Deuxcents May 2025 #4

Seeing homeless people doesn't make anyone happy, let along being homeless. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #5

The Finns keep winning "where are the happiest people applegrove May 2025 #6

I think so, too. Productive people are happier, educated people are happier, healthcare makes people healthier Deuxcents May 2025 #10

The Finns are also among the very best educated in the world. fierywoman May 2025 #7

Sounds kinda socialist - and kinda Christian. dchill May 2025 #9

Yeah. The bastards! Woodycall May 2025 #13

Buncha commies! dchill May 2025 #14

Treating your citizenry humanely with respect and compassion will always yield long-term savings, benefits and Scalded Nun May 2025 #11

happiest countries in the world in 2025 Celerity May 2025 #12

Reducing the number of homeless people by giving them homes is the obvious answer. SunSeeker May 2025 #15

In the US, homlessness is highly correlated with substance abuse. Mosby May 2025 #18

Substance abuse is a lot harder to treat when the person is homeless. SunSeeker May 2025 #19

Substance abuse also correlates to self-medication. haele May 2025 #27

Imagine if we actually punished the REAL criminals????? BurnDoubt May 2025 #17

They also take in very few refugees/asylum seekers madville May 2025 #20

So many countries do things better than us and at less cost. Native May 2025 #22

Wait a minute...government helps people who have no home get one Passages May 2025 #24

That was exactly my wife's job DFW May 2025 #25