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by pseudalopex 1397 days ago
"In 2019, 20.4 million people aged 12 or older (or 7.4 percent of this population) had an SUD in the past year, including 14.5 million who had an alcohol use disorder and 8.3 million who had an illicit drug use disorder (Figure 46)."[1] How many cook meth do you think? Probably you had neighbors whose substance abuse problems didn't affect you.

Housing 1st doesn't mean no social services. Providing social services is easier when people have homes actually.

[1] https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/2019-nsduh-annual-nationa...