this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2023
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"Most research shows that around 1/3 of people who are homeless have problems with alcohol and/or drugs, and around 2/3 of these people have lifetime histories of drug or alcohol use disorders"
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/rehab-guide/homeless
So you proved yourself wrong. Congrats.
how? 2/3 of people fucking up their life with drugs is a majority
Your task is not to prove that drugs exist in the homeless community. For your point of them "fucking their lives up with drugs" to be true, you have to prove that their personal drug use was the catalyst for their living conditions. Do that or take the L.
And to check yourself, you might want to look up the prevalence of drug use in more affluent communities. Hint: it's a lot.