> if we cured this problem(drug addiction) we would only be creating other problems.
Like what problems, that they could then hold a job? Drug addicts can't hold a job. Their only interest/activity is drug seeking. This is why they are homeless.
I don't pretend to know how to cure drug addiction, but treating it as an economic problem is like giving cough drops to a lung cancer patient.
O ye of little imagination, how sad and frail thou appearest. Were only there a God to protect thee but I fear there is none and thou shalt die tangled on thine own snares.
Like what problems, that they could then hold a job? Drug addicts can't hold a job. Their only interest/activity is drug seeking. This is why they are homeless.
I don't pretend to know how to cure drug addiction, but treating it as an economic problem is like giving cough drops to a lung cancer patient.