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[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 89 points 2 years ago

My local library has security guards because people keep shooting up heroin in the bathrooms.

This would exacerbate that

[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 56 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We should absolutely have safe housing for homeless people with UBI and transitional programs. We should also offer mental health and substance abuse treatment -- and in extreme cases humane involuntary treatment for people that are a danger to themselves and others.

And none of this should take place in shared, public spaces for the safety and dignity of everyone involved. This is a failure of society and needs to be treated as such. Placing the burden on individuals isn't the solution. Expecting public spaces designed for other uses to pick the slack of a broken societal safety net is insane.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

humane involuntary treatment

You can't have humane involuntary treatment. In cases where somebody is threatening someone else, I would say involuntary treatment is called for. But we shouldn't decide when its okay to imprison people for exercising their bodily autonomy.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Or fix the housing crisis lmao

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

hire the homeless to build housing for homeless people

[-] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago

that's a good point, we should also end the drug war

[-] BURN@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Almost nowhere in Seattle offers public bathrooms anymore because of this. It’s a massive problem that still doesn’t have a solution

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

we know the solution. it's building a shit ton of cheap housing and handing it out to people and charging them 30% of the income, not counting the first $20k. it's just rich psychopaths who run the country would rather profit off of prison and let them die instead.

[-] ClarkDoom@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Same. The homeless population has unfortunately made libraries where I live pretty dangerous places and I can only imagine how much worse that would be if they were open all night. My city doesn’t seem to care at all about people shooting up and ruining public spaces.

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Sounds like my kind of party!

[-] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

And also, the heroin.

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