absolutely absurd article on homeless encampment clearing on 17th st NW/Safeway

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much human faeces all over tenleytown and friendship heights. Guessing the rest of DC as well? This is insane.

I just can't believe how the city is allowing human poop piles to accrue all over the benches outside Wilson HS. It's a daily thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much human faeces all over tenleytown and friendship heights. Guessing the rest of DC as well? This is insane.

I just can't believe how the city is allowing human poop piles to accrue all over the benches outside Wilson HS. It's a daily thing.

I live in DC and I haven't seen that anywhere. Exaggerating?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much human faeces all over tenleytown and friendship heights. Guessing the rest of DC as well? This is insane.

I just can't believe how the city is allowing human poop piles to accrue all over the benches outside Wilson HS. It's a daily thing.

I live in DC and I haven't seen that anywhere. Exaggerating?

It's a thing..go sightseeing by Wilson HS in the AM. People camp in the woods and poop on the bench outside the aquatic center.

[Anonymous]

How about adding public restrooms. A portable doesn't cost much to try.

Where do you expect people to poop if they don't have a home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about adding public restrooms. A portable doesn't cost much to try.

Where do you expect people to poop if they don't have a home?

LOL yes let's accomodate the wood campers Hard no.

There are ample shelters available at night , and they are not pooping on the bench during the day. They go to the library to poop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about adding public restrooms. A portable doesn't cost much to try.

Where do you expect people to poop if they don't have a home?

They can poop at a shelter. But they rather stay in tents because shelters have rules like no drugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about adding public restrooms. A portable doesn't cost much to try.

Where do you expect people to poop if they don't have a home?

They can poop at a shelter. But they rather stay in tents because shelters have rules like no drugs.

And theft, disease, etc. We have to do a lot better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about adding public restrooms. A portable doesn't cost much to try.

Where do you expect people to poop if they don't have a home?

They can poop at a shelter. But they rather stay in tents because shelters have rules like no drugs.

And theft, disease, etc. We have to do a lot better.

That's just false. Watch any documentary on homelessness or the series Intervention where they follow a lot of people on the streets. There is almost nobody that even happens to walk across the camera in the background on any of these documentaries that is not abusing some kind of substance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about adding public restrooms. A portable doesn't cost much to try.

Where do you expect people to poop if they don't have a home?

They can poop at a shelter. But they rather stay in tents because shelters have rules like no drugs.

And theft, disease, etc. We have to do a lot better.

That's just false. Watch any documentary on homelessness or the series Intervention where they follow a lot of people on the streets. There is almost nobody that even happens to walk across the camera in the background on any of these documentaries that is not abusing some kind of substance.

Your sour e of data is... the background of documentaries??

I personally know homeless people who don't do drugs or only smoke marijuana or drink alcohol in moderation.

Now, neither of those is data or relevant.

[Anonymous]

Let them do drug in shelter so they will stay under a cover, not on the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let them do drug in shelter so they will stay under a cover, not on the street.

If you would like tax dollars to go to free treatment centers, I think you could get support for that. Letting folks do drugs in shelters will not make them safer .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let them do drug in shelter so they will stay under a cover, not on the street.

If you would like tax dollars to go to free treatment centers, I think you could get support for that. Letting folks do drugs in shelters will not make them safer .

Do folks also support getting rid of the home mortgage interest deduction for people who use drugs and alcohol? There are reasons that people use and I'm going to guess that people living on the street or in shelters have a lot more of those reasons than those of us living in homes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let them do drug in shelter so they will stay under a cover, not on the street.

If you would like tax dollars to go to free treatment centers, I think you could get support for that. Letting folks do drugs in shelters will not make them safer .

Do folks also support getting rid of the home mortgage interest deduction for people who use drugs and alcohol? There are reasons that people use and I'm going to guess that people living on the street or in shelters have a lot more of those reasons than those of us living in homes.

People use drugs because they are addicts. There is also a small subset of addicts who are dual diagnosis, so treatment for mental illness is necessary for the addiction treatment to be effective.

If you are suggesting that people “turn to drugs” or are addicts due to some life trauma, the facts and data just don’t bare that out. You can just test it using a basic syllogism. Drug addicts come from all races and classes and the street addicts obviously have not been on the street their entire life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let them do drug in shelter so they will stay under a cover, not on the street.

If you would like tax dollars to go to free treatment centers, I think you could get support for that. Letting folks do drugs in shelters will not make them safer .

Do folks also support getting rid of the home mortgage interest deduction for people who use drugs and alcohol? There are reasons that people use and I'm going to guess that people living on the street or in shelters have a lot more of those reasons than those of us living in homes.

People use drugs because they are addicts. There is also a small subset of addicts who are dual diagnosis, so treatment for mental illness is necessary for the addiction treatment to be effective.

If you are suggesting that people “turn to drugs” or are addicts due to some life trauma, the facts and data just don’t bare that out. You can just test it using a basic syllogism. Drug addicts come from all races and classes and the street addicts obviously have not been on the street their entire life.

I fully support involuntary commitment and treatment. Clearly, there is a large gap between who the night shelters "serve" and who is out there on the streets.

[Anonymous]

Move them all to a progressive area like Takoma Park.