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RE: San Francisco: A World Class Slum
I think that is it awkward that this news story does mention the wide spread drug use (opiates) as the the source of this unclean environment. I understand that budgets and 30 million dollars a year to clean feces and needles is an issue; but this is only the effect. The cause is the USA's growing opium epidemic. Let's treat that to begin with.
Thinking about it, the excrement and the needles are probably two different problems. I'm pretty sure a "junkie" is eating little and that the most immediate side effect of their "leisure activity" is that it is going to give them severe constipation.
You do make a valid point in that someone like me has been following this problem since around the new year, "The White Death," as they call it. The issue for me is what to include or not include - for whom am I writing.
A day before I saw this video, New York announced plans to set up basically heroin dens, four in two borroughs.
I guess I have two more stories and moar lurking to do.
I do not know if "junkies" eat much or not. I just think that it requires equally the same degree of facelessness to excrement and get high on the public transit. I really doubt S F does not have accessible public restrooms.
Thankfully in my little Caribbean island heroin is not a problem. Although someone told me a while ago that two separate "trap houses" are now selling heroin. This makes me very sad and thoughtful about how to help.
If you have more posts on this subject of heroin addiction or the heroin epidemic, I would sure like to read them. Yes, these are multiple post topics.
Have a good one.
Thank you, I wasn't sure why you were arguing.
Were you able to watch the video and check the linked map? For some reason, public defecation has been endemic for some time.
I am pretty sure the feeling of the high or maybe just the drug suppresses appetite. It definitely causes constipation.
As for not using toilets in the subway station, a lot of train and subway stations actually do not have bathrooms. The one where the addicts are hanging out is a major station and could have public toilets. The thing is, thinking about it the term junky may be indicative of a users withdrawal.
If ones uses between two and three days, the withdrawal is extreme. Said user could die without methadone and a newer drug/withdrawal aid. I have seen these people. Everything sucks or, is maybe "junky." They are the most miserable people you will ever see.
Heroin is also sometimes referred to as junk.
I might write more,
Take care.
Thanks for sharing.
I will be watching for new content.