@Axtremus said in California homelessness survey:
@Jolly said in California homelessness survey:
If you are around very many homeless people, you find out very quickly that the vast majority are drug abusers, mentally ill or both.
With regards to mental illness and drug abuse, and also addressing @Jon’s comment, the article mentions that one of the survey’s findings seems to be that many became mentally ill or started abusing drugs after they became homeless. The progression is more like loss/reduction of income homelessness drug abuse and/or mental illness.
Granted, my personal sample size is only a few hundred and it's regional, but I stand by my original statement.