I think that many people in this situation may work or have things to sell. This position is sometimes like a rapid decline, not a permanent state of being. Plus drugs are cheap, $20 could get you high all day.
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PR_freak@programming.dev 8 months ago
This might be a stupid question but how can drug addicts of this sort (the ones who tumble across sidewalks semi-unconscious all day) afford to buy drugs?
They live in an open air drug market and I can’t imagine any charitable middle aged lady walking past giving them money. They for sure can’t work.
How do they afford drugs?
Fedop@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
White_Flight@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Correct,. hopefully, they don’t die before they get help
I feel many think “these people” have zero value, but they are all redeemable, every single one of them
boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My brother in Christ, it’s the oldest profession in the world…(a mouth is a mouth amirite LOL)
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
My guesses:
Money begging (any friendlier word for something?) on better streets without that stigma
Stealing
Recycling bottles found in the trash (at least where a deposit system exists)
Doing odd jobs for small change.
Skipping lunch for drugs.Breezy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The word you’re looking for is panhandling.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Ty
LesserAbe@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Don’t forget selling dubiously acquired metal for scrap
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Not something I witnessed around my parts in Germany. May be a big city thing
White_Flight@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Crimes
Fisk400@feddit.nu 8 months ago
Crimes. Massive amounts of crimes. I think at this point most burglaries and muggings are due to drug addiction. Grab the stuff, sell it to a fence and buy drugs from a dealer. Often the fence and dealer is the same dude.