Homeless camps "everywhere"

[bdkw1]

The thing is, my fictional "Steve" was a good guy on hydrocodone. Never took more than prescribed, hard worker, loved his family- never missed his kids ball game etc etc. 10 years ago when doctors passed opiates out like candy, we had an opioid problem. Since the crackdown, we've had an opioid epidemic. Now homeless camps are half full of Steve's who had nice houses, nice jobs, the wife and 2.3 kids and they had all that shit and were relatively happy on 2 hydrocodone a day. Now you don't recognize Steve cause he's a flabby skeleton living in a tent.

Sell that shit OTC. Let the Steve's do Steve stuff, and let the people that want to "party" die from it.

I know a Steve, construction foreman making good money. Now divorced and homeless last I knew.

 

[Motorcharge]

We need to just rip the drug band-aid off in this country already. The slow legalization of weed has been a major factor in the rise of coke and heroin use in this country. Cartels had to make up that income somewhere else, now they get cheap fentanyl from the Chinese and they're cutting every drug they can with it. The opium wars never really ended. The more local economies struggle to deal with huge increases in heroin users, OD's, ect the easier it is for the Chinese to grab up land, companies, holdings, ect.

The drug war has always been and always will be an utter failure. There will always be a black market for anything that's illegal, especially anything with high demand like drugs. Opiates have been a problem as long as mankind has been using them, We're talking the better part of the last 8000 years. There's no ridding the world of it at this point. Legalize it and let the problem sort itself out. Everyone knows the risks, let them OD and move on.

As for the camps, I've never seen them anywhere on the east coast. Seen plenty of homeless and the occasional tent here or there in places like Baltimore, DC, and NYC, but not big camp setups. There was one here in Richmond briefly earlier this year and even as liberal as this city is they didn't waste any time kicking everyone out and bulldozing all their shit. Even the resident vocal liberals on the Richmond subreddit supported getting rid of it.

 

[87manche]

The med community needs to really reign in the doctors that over prescribe opioids, I think that would solve alot of the heroin problem.

cracking down on pain clinics is what got us the opiate epidemic.

 

[Provience]

cracking down on pain clinics is what got us the opiate epidemic.

and encouraging pills from doctors to solve quality of life problems for every ailment is what got us pain clinics.

#MakeOpiumDensGreatAgain

 

[45acp]

I know a Steve, construction foreman making good money. Now divorced and homeless last I knew.

Same, I know a couple. Well, 2 to be exact. Both 40-somethings, both chronic back issues, both on hydro for 10+ years doing well with life. Then the cutoff... the 1-2-3 year slide.... now one is dead and the other is probably in a tent in San Francisco. I'm sure mild addiction to 20-30mg/day hydrocodone sucked on some level.

 

[Yota Up]

Since weed was legalized, we have 5 times the homeless. Weird right?

The same liberals that legalized weed also legalized bums being able to camp on the sidewalk.
One did not cause the other, it's the source of one that is also the source of the other.

Before that, nobody was allowed to live on the sidewalk and they had to retreat to the trees and out of sight locations where they belong.

 

[45acp]

The same liberals that legalized weed also legalized bums being able to camp on the sidewalk.
One did not cause the other, it's the source of one that is also the source of the other.

Before that, nobody was allowed to live on the sidewalk and they had to retreat to the trees and out of sight locations where they belong.

Also, you have a flood of stoner losers from other regions. Legalize it nationwide and those douchebags will stay at mom's house.

 

[woods]

Also, you have a flood of stoner losers from other regions. Legalize it nationwide and those douchebags will stay at mom's house.

And I'll invest in Frito-Lay.

 

[trampas]

And I'll invest in Frito-Lay.

I have stock in Pepperidge Farm.

Keeping the honest guy, honest.

 

[92 Green YJ]

Those people need to quit treating junkies as people. Guy that loses his job and his house and sleeps in his car in the parking lot at work? He's homeless. Guy living shooting up in a bus stop, shitting on the sidewalk and screaming obscenities at people? Vagrant, and should be subject to any and all vagrancy laws. The courts won't charge any of these people though, because holding them to the laws on the books is "mean".

We have a ton of bums here. Some live in motorhomes/vans some have made little bum RV's they tow behind a bike, lots of them in tents. Most seem to just sleep wherever they nod off, often right in the middle of the sidewalk. The thing that always amazes me is how someone who has nothing can make such a gigantic fucking mess wherever they stop. Bridge I drive under on the way to work will look like the county dump about two hours after a bum sets up there, and that's how 99% of them seem to operate.

So much this! We’ve had a pretty healthy homeless issue around here for a while now. They have all but taken over the sidewalks in front of 2 local parks since Seattle passed that stupid court case. One area under an overpass I drive by every day seems to be a rotating camp. They clear it out, few days later there is another bum camp set up there. The stuff these people drag around with them is staggering! I’ve seen one tarp camp set up where the guy had half a dozen or so bicycles and a motorcycle frame with a motor and rear tire on it sitting there.

ive seen people set up with couches on the sidewalk. My personal favorite was the guy who set up under the overpass with his tarp tent, a love seat, and a plug in pedestal fan! Why the hell do you need to lug around a plug in electric fan when you have no electricity? Wtf is the point of that? And how are these people transporting and dragging all of this shit around with them?

 

[subybaja]

I use this comment to spam the fucking liberals with when they start on Homeless Rights...It's my firsthand experience in Anchorage. I've had to chase the goddamned zombies out of my vehicles/property at gunpoint many times.

"Hey Dad, what are they doing?"
"Looks like they're wrestling, honey."
Certainly not fucking on a picnic table 8 feet from a 4-lane road.

Meanwhile, as a taxpayer and resident of Midtown/Spenard, I'll continue to be furious with the filth who was waving his dick at my 9yo daughter, who shit on my doorstep at work, who steals anything from my yard that's not locked, who breaks in to my locked vehicles with a prybar to sleep off a drunk, and who frightens my wife and child by walking around our fenced yard mostly naked, acting agressive.

 

[ArTi54N]

I dont like it when people blame crime etc., on the homeless.. what about all those people committing crime who are not homeless.. whats their excuse??

 

[subybaja]

I dont like it when people blame crime etc., on the homeless.. what about all those people committing crime who are not homeless.. whats their excuse??

I see local business owners shit on the sidewalk, then return to their gated communities regularly.

 

[dntsdad]

I dont like it when people blame crime etc., on the homeless.. what about all those people committing crime who are not homeless.. whats their excuse??

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[subybaja]

 

[Thefishguy77]

I dont like it when people blame crime etc., on the homeless.. what about all those people committing crime who are not homeless.. whats their excuse??

How the fuck are you actually that dumb?

 

[trampas]

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

We need to just rip the drug band-aid off in this country already. The slow legalization of weed has been a major factor in the rise of coke and heroin use in this country. Cartels had to make up that income somewhere else, now they get cheap fentanyl from the Chinese and they're cutting every drug they can with it. The opium wars never really ended. The more local economies struggle to deal with huge increases in heroin users, OD's, ect the easier it is for the Chinese to grab up land, companies, holdings, ect.

The drug war has always been and always will be an utter failure. There will always be a black market for anything that's illegal, especially anything with high demand like drugs. Opiates have been a problem as long as mankind has been using them, We're talking the better part of the last 8000 years. There's no ridding the world of it at this point. Legalize it and let the problem sort itself out. Everyone knows the risks, let them OD and move on.

As for the camps, I've never seen them anywhere on the east coast. Seen plenty of homeless and the occasional tent here or there in places like Baltimore, DC, and NYC, but not big camp setups. There was one here in Richmond briefly earlier this year and even as liberal as this city is they didn't waste any time kicking everyone out and bulldozing all their shit. Even the resident vocal liberals on the Richmond subreddit supported getting rid of it.

Bingo!

 

[DWT]

How the fuck are you actually that dumb?

He goes to bed early and gets a good night's sleep without a worry in his head whatsoever then he gets up early and starts the day with lots of vitamins and a big cup of coffee. You can't achieve that level without proper preparation.

 

[Thefishguy77]

He goes to bed early and gets a good night's sleep without a worry in his head whatsoever then he gets up early and starts the day with lots of vitamins and a big cup of coffee. You can't achieve that level without proper preparation.

Damn you just made me hit 2 of those marks. Wake up early and have a cup of coffee. Otherwise I cant relate

 

[DirtRoads]

Edit: A couple weeks back we had to call the cops on people fucking behind the dumpster at work. Middle of the day and it was hot, temperature wise (for us). People getting on the freeway had to have been able to see everything.

Well aren't you just a cockblocking johnny do-gooder

 

[Slander]

I dont like it when people blame crime etc., on the homeless.. what about all those people committing crime who are not homeless.. whats their excuse??

 

[HillbillyDeluxe]

I dont like it when people blame crime etc., on the homeless.. what about all those people committing crime who are not homeless.. whats their excuse??

 

[AK_F250]

I use this comment to spam the fucking liberals with when they start on Homeless Rights...It's my firsthand experience in Anchorage. I've had to chase the goddamned zombies out of my vehicles/property at gunpoint many times.

"Hey Dad, what are they doing?"
"Looks like they're wrestling, honey."
Certainly not fucking on a picnic table 8 feet from a 4-lane road.

Northern Lights. Some friend he is!

EDIT: Should have made it bigger, that's two dudes if it's not clear

 

[dntsdad]

camping with Overbear.........Urban Edition!!!

 

[RusM]

Northern Lights. Some friend he is!

What do they do in the winter?

 

[Lawless]

What do they do in the winter?

Throw down a filthy blanket, at least around here they do.

 

[montrose818]

what about all those people committing crime who are not homeless.. whats their excuse??

that they dont want to end up homeless.