Quick somebody get this man his own apartment unit!
https://twitter.com/streetpeopleLA/status/1482382148837404676
"I think others, including myself, would like to see more evidence about the psychosis-inducing effects of P2P meth than [journalist Sam] Quinones provides [in his new book]." — @jaycaspiankang
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"Housing First" advocates cite a study which found that when rent exceeded 22% of income homelessness grew, but the study also found that there were correlated only in the context of certain “local policy efforts [and] social attitudes” e.g. allowing open drug use, public camping
Chicago, Houston, and Greater Miami saw rents increase 24%, 32%, & 35% and the number of homeless decline 20%, 57%, and 9% from 2011-2019, which are the years covered by the Zillow study (2011–2017), plus 2018 and 2019. In Nashville, chronic homelessness fell 54% in same period
The team who actively deny to journalists & policymakers the central role that meth, heroin, and other drugs play in causing homelessness are @MKushel @resnikoff @ucsfbhhi funded by billionaire @Benioff who doesn't live anywhere near the consequences of the policies he advocates
I interviewed @MKushel and she was one of the most ideological, patronizing, and bullying people I interviewed.
"Journalists need to not frame this problem as people with meth addiction," she said.
It's the kind of statement that intimidates young reporters eg @jaycaspiankang
"Journalists need to not frame this problem as people with meth addiction," she said.
It's the kind of statement that intimidates young reporters eg @jaycaspiankang
It's actually amazing what researchers like @MKushel @resnikoff , journalists like @jaycaspiankang & politicians like @DeanPreston @HillaryRonen have achieved
They've convinced millions of liberal Americans to disbelieve their eyes when it comes to the drug crisis
They've convinced millions of liberal Americans to disbelieve their eyes when it comes to the drug crisis
It's a testament to progressive dogma on this issue that a crappy correlational Zillow study, routine bullying, and obnoxious credentialing were enough to convince not a few but virtually all reporters who cover this issue to downplay the role of drugs
homelessness.ucsf.edu/blog/how-atlan…
homelessness.ucsf.edu/blog/how-atlan…
And it is noteworthy that most of the journalists who have been free to write honestly about the role of drugs (eg @samquinones7) in causing "homelessness" are outside of newspaper institutions
There are exceptions like @hknightsf but they are notable in being minority voices
There are exceptions like @hknightsf but they are notable in being minority voices
Not all researchers mislead:
"It’s just so frightening. It used to be that people were really distinct with their drug use. Now it’s like everyone’s using everything. It all feels more chaotic. And now with the dropping price of meth, it’s really becoming huge on the street.”
"It’s just so frightening. It used to be that people were really distinct with their drug use. Now it’s like everyone’s using everything. It all feels more chaotic. And now with the dropping price of meth, it’s really becoming huge on the street.”
"Ain’t no homelessness problem in my opinion. The problem is addiction, period. Even those people that have schizophrenia or something else like that, generally you find they have a big problem with addiction as well."
America is in a homeless mental health & drug addiction emergency. The longer we deny reality the more people will die
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