The Los Angeles Homeless Containment Thread (Pasadena, Lincoln: homes, living in, legally)

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by Finper

A drug addict on skid row is not someone you get true facts from. You can't believe anything they say. Makes me wonder though where are all the drug addicts on skid row getting money to buy drugs??

As he said in the clip, handouts from passersby. (And I believe it.)

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by Finper

A drug addict on skid row is not someone you get true facts from. You can't believe anything they say. Makes me wonder though where are all the drug addicts on skid row getting money to buy drugs??

Same can be said of most people anywhere. And damn sure about the POTUS. and yet, there he is adored by ⅓ of the electorate, and grudgingly accepted by another 10%.

Some homeless have Social Security. Some SSI. Some SSDI. Some have VA benefit checks. Some others have other monthly pension checks. Some are working (yes, some drug addicts work and earn). But none receive enough pay or pensions to pay rent and still have food, medications, etc. ... And, of course, a lot of addicts panhandle and or steal.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by ShotPutFX

Meth, the drug of choice, can be had for $5 a whack.

Not for long ...

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by ShotPutFX

Not really a response, eh?

What do you mean? $5 a pop meth-heads don’t last long. Ever. And $63 a month of cash from discounted food stamp cards buys at best 12 hits. Won’t get ‘em through a week.

[Finper]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

Same can be said of most people anywhere. And damn sure about the POTUS. and yet, there he is adored by ⅓ of the electorate, and grudgingly accepted by another 10%.

Some homeless have Social Security. Some SSI. Some SSDI. Some have VA benefit checks. Some others have other monthly pension checks. Some are working (yes, some drug addicts work and earn). But none receive enough pay or pensions to pay rent and still have food, medications, etc. ... And, of course, a lot of addicts panhandle and or steal.

Then that's probably the govt money he was talking about. My taxes are paying for his cocaine

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by ShotPutFX

They're simply replaced with other, as you crudely call them, "meth-heads." Kinda disrespectful, eh?

Point is you can buy drugs cheaply, and cash garnered from whatever source can make it happen, including the source you mentioned.

Originally Posted by Finper

Then that's probably the govt money he was talking about. My taxes are paying for his cocaine

Yes. It’s a sad cycle of addiction / death / new addicts / death ... rinse and repeat.

Cheap drugs? Drugs aren’t really cheap. Especially when one’s use accelerates. Cheap hits don’t last and they add up quickly in the drive to never come down.

Your taxes pay for his cocaine? Yeah, some for some users. I know a guy who supported a heroine habit for well over a decade - working steady as a house painter, and never took any government assistance and never stole a dime. There are all kinds of stories out there. And a LOT of working drug addicts you’d never guess.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by ShotPutFX

Sounds like conjecture.

Does it? Here, try another (conjecture): new posters sometimes turn out to be old returning trolls who don’t last long

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by ShotPutFX

That's not really an answer to the question of cheap drugs being readily available, now, is it?

There isn’t any question to answer about cheap drugs being readily available.

There is question about the intent of certain posts, however.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by ShotPutFX

No, I'm just providing info to fill in your notion that $63 couldn't buy a lot of drugs. You can quibble with the definition of "a lot" but at $5 a whack for the apparent drug of choice the question has been answered.

You definition of feeding a drug habit on $63 a month is, well ...

[PilgrimsProgress]

Isn't it funny how liberals seem to be experts on illegal drugs?