Comment on Los Angeles is using AI to predict who might become homeless and help before they do

• corroded@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m far from pure and perfect, and if I ever need help, I hope it’s available. Addicts should have access to rehab. If they choose to continue using drugs or refuse help, fuck them. If they take the help that’s provided and get clean, I hope they are successful and happy in life.

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  • smotherlove@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just keep in mind that you could get addicted to drugs too. A lot of addicts were squares that came off prescribed medication and went straight to illegal drugs due to continued pain. A person’s likelihood to become addicted to drugs also has a lot to do with their genetics, it’s not really a moral failing like you seem to think it is. As for them shitting up the parks, littering, etc, yeah it sucks. Remember that they aren’t lucid nor do they perceive any reason to respect a society that doesn’t respect them.

    I’m not proposing any specific action. I don’t know the solution. I’m just saying chill out and be less hateful.

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    • corroded@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t see addiction as a moral failing; it’s a disease. That’s why I am strongly in favor of robust social programs to treat mental health and addiction. All health care should be socialized in my opinion, but that’s a discussion for another day.

      My problem is with people who are continually offered help yet choose not to accept it. I have seen it happen to people I know on more than one occasion. If rehab and sober living facilities are available, but someone makes the choice to continue their lifestyle of addiction or alcoholism, I have absolutely no sympathy for them.

      Society should provide the resources for people to succeed in life. If they choose not to take advantage of them, that’s their problem, not mine.

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