The people on the street didn’t magically spawn as drug addicts.

They chose that life. And they drive the demand.

I am from a third world hellhole and I find it sad that people here can’t just accept personal responsibility. We didn’t even have running water. Instead of doing drugs we chose to persevere and try.

Here you have public libraries with hella resources and so many charities and public services. I mean there’s medi-cal in California and programs for basically everything. I sometimes volunteer at a food bank and they give out free meals..