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[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (14 children)

Yes, that's part of the problem. Pay for rehab with what money? Homeless shelters also aren't a solution to homelessness, because shelters are not housing.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (13 children)

No. The rehab is free.
Province is even putting people up in apartments.

Only rule is: no drugs in the apartment and you enroll in a free rehab program. 80% are turning it down willingly.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Drug addiction doesn't work that way. Imagine if the only way to get housing was to quit smoking cold turkey. Very, very few people will succeed. Some of the homeless have tried to kick their habit and failed, so very few people would want to fail abstinence and go back on the streets.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Please don't create straw man arguments.

I never said cold turkey or abstinence. I said "no drug use in the free apartment."

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