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I am not in favor of a homeless camp but when the Hawaiian acres association started a homeless "feeding" program on Saturdays it opened the door and the eyes of the church pastor , county and state that it was welcomed into the acres.
a complaint was filed and it was shut down by dept of health, no certified kitchen and it was bringing in people from outside of the acres. well the Hawaiian acres association has insisted that they force this program on the community and have continued doing the "feeding" they try to call it another name and keep the food inside the building without the tent , it still is the same "feeding" .
so you can thank your local Hawaiian acres community association for the homeless camp.
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wow ,,, what a collection of hate and bigotry ,, you know ,, when Christ returns ,, he will come among you and you will not know him ,,, and he will say to each and everyone of you ,,, as ye do to the least of my brethren ,,, so do you onto me !
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wolverine, the name calling does not help with a discussion. lets try and be civil especially when you invoke god into the discussion. no one mentioned 'hate'
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I do agree that ice and meth have contributed to our homeless population. It is not however the only cause.
I have friends (psychologists ) that have spent a good deal of their life working with mentally unstable individuals. Bi polar, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders ruin the lives of individuals and bring grief and heartbreak to family members if left untreated. So many can be helped with the right medication and support as illustrated in "The Quiet Room", Lori Schiller..... "Living with Schizoaffective Disorder", Michael Crawford or "An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison . Reading these books has caused me to look at the homeless in a less judgmental way .
We as a society are not doing all we can for this segment of our population.
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yes there are mentally ill living on the street and yes medication would help them ,but so many refuse to take their meds and the result is they are on the street , sometimes victims of other street people , i whole hardheartedly agree not enough is done for them , they are a forgotten group in many ways , but they have the right to refuse the medication and services so they remain on the streets
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Originally posted by wolverine2
wow ,,, what a collection of hate and bigotry ,, you know ,, when Christ returns ,, he will come among you and you will not know him ,,, and he will say to each and everyone of you ,,, as ye do to the least of my brethren ,,, so do you onto me !
your kidding, right ?
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Originally posted by kalakoa
Many European countries have made the decision to have proper care and housing for their mentally ill in the least restrictive environment possible
Europeans have also experimented with treating drug addiction as a syndrome that can be managed. Many of the problems are actually side effects: forcing addicts to buy drugs (of unknown strength and purity) on the street creates additional problems.
A doctor in the UK experimented with this: once he worked out the necessary "maintenance dose" and prescribed it to patients (administered in his office, so as to maintain the level) they were suddenly able to function. One such case was a woman forced into prostituton to support her habit; once the addiction was "managed", she was able to hold down a job, get an apartment, and regain custody of her children. Eventually the authorities arrested this doctor for his "illegal" activities, and all his patients ended up back on the street.
Notably, the above experiment did not require millions of dollars for a special "treatment center", nor were the patients marginalized into some kind of "institution" in hopes that they might eventually be "cured".
Good stuff... akin to the solution in the "Hamsterdam" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsterdam
episodes of The Wire. Just getting the drug trade (and the killings and threatening environment that comes with it) and the War on Drugs off the streets benefits all. Junkies are going to get their fix, legally or not.
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get real, NOT all crimes are drug related... this was NOT drug related....
the lady was IDed... her name is Danielle Caron
she has lived in Nanawale, Ainaloa, and was living in Seaview recently...
she is Danielle Snider Caron on Facebook
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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this was NOT drug related....
Yes and no: this guy really should have been on his meds...
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"Yes and no: this guy really should have been on his meds..."
Absolutely.... and the heart of the problem for so many. Every case study I have read about emphasizes the same thing....
If anything works , it is a combination of psychotherapy and medication. WE KNOW THIS...and yet we ignore it. Turn them lose, let them suffer and then lock them up.
A passage from "An Unquiet Mind"..." The endless questioning finally ended. My psychiatrist looked at me, there was no uncertainty in his voice. Manic-depressive illness (he said). I admired his bluntness. I wished him locusts on his lands and a pox upon his house. I smiled pleasantly He smiled back. The war had just begun".
This is so common. It is battle to convince people , who can not reason properly that they have a reasoning disorder. This is where we as compassionate human beings should be filling in the gap with programs for these people.
Every recounting of people suffering from mental illness I have yet to read, the person suffering from mental illness only managed to pull himself out with HELP. The author of this book, Kay Redfield Jamison,......who had more than one psychotic episode herself had family who understood, friends that understood and would not let her fall thru the cracks.
She's been on lithium for years now .....has
earned a PHD and has given back to our society by serving as the Professor of Psychiatry at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine. This story is not unique.
As long as we as a society view mental illness as something that is only self inflicted, we will remain part of the problem.
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