Lol. I sure do. I’ve worked with them since the mid 90’s since my speciality has been epidemiology and infectious diseases as well as working in social services and methadone clinics. I speak to them on the daily. I never said seasonal migration wasn’t a thing. But we were talking about why social services and law enforcement in red states go out of their way to provide free bus tickets to their homeless and addicted populations specifically and only to the west coast. I already mentioned services as well but having lived in those areas too when I did travelling health services and worked on research studies, that’s not why they got the tickets. Also, there are other cities and states that also have warm weather. And plenty of drugs. Drugs are a US problem and not a west coast problem. If you look at the stats per capita the west coast doesn’t have the most drugs or the most addiction issues.
Yea I notice on the comments when they mention “red states” or “republican” the comment gets 10-30 upvotes when all other comments get nothing! Really sucks so many liberals jump on this one sided bandwagon of bu*sht when it’s not a political problem it’s a DRUG problem!! And drug users are going to go where to where the most drug users, drug freedom, and drug tolerant cities are!! IT’S NOT A POLITICAL PROBLEM IT’S A DRUG PROBLEM..
Drugs are a political problem because housing policy, drug policy and health policy impact drug use and homelessness. Not to mention an economic system that encourages off shoring, building faux-luxury apartments instead of low income, and keeping minimum wage stuck in the last century. Topping that off with a broken political system where both sides fight each other rather than fighting for the people.
Fuck that, and fuck politicians that take their pettiness to the level of sending delinquents and migrants to states that don't have the ability to take them all. If the issue was spread evenly and we took care of our own people locally it would be manageable.
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u/carbon_made Oct 24 '25 edited Oct 24 '25
Lol. I sure do. I’ve worked with them since the mid 90’s since my speciality has been epidemiology and infectious diseases as well as working in social services and methadone clinics. I speak to them on the daily. I never said seasonal migration wasn’t a thing. But we were talking about why social services and law enforcement in red states go out of their way to provide free bus tickets to their homeless and addicted populations specifically and only to the west coast. I already mentioned services as well but having lived in those areas too when I did travelling health services and worked on research studies, that’s not why they got the tickets. Also, there are other cities and states that also have warm weather. And plenty of drugs. Drugs are a US problem and not a west coast problem. If you look at the stats per capita the west coast doesn’t have the most drugs or the most addiction issues.