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How are you supposed to help a person like that thought? I understand that you cannot reason too well with an addict, so it might be surprising to some that so
by Otterly99 29d ago
How are you supposed to help a person like that thought?
I understand that you cannot reason too well with an addict, so it might be surprising to some that somebody would refuse shelter if it meant being clean.
Still, what should be the approach then? Unconditional help?
- inigyou 29d agoAre you saying that drug users deserve to be homeless?
- Otterly99 29d agoThat's not really what I am saying. I think it's a tough problem to solve: how far should we help drug addict in their addiction? Is the goal to help them survive, help them stop using drugs, help them find a job? Depending on the metrics you will find that unconditional housing is more effective (ex: https://www.utoronto.ca/news/housing-first-more-effective-treatment-first-addressing-addiction-homelessness-study https://www.utoronto.ca/news/housing-first-more-effective-tr...) or offering incentives to stop is more effective (ex: https://www.chcs.org/resource/contingency-management-for-adults-with-substance-use-disorder/ https://www.chcs.org/resource/contingency-management-for-adu...)
- cwmoore 28d agoThe question was "unconditional help", and one answer is "yes, if you can afford to, and want to".