The Methadone Mile

[bostongymjunkie]

Boston City Council approves Mass and Cass tent ban, Wu to outline next steps Thursday


https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/10...teps-thursday/

[mascoma]

News from 2022;


As city clears tents from 'Mass. and Cass,' some say they still have nowhere to go

https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/01/12...s-clearing-out

News from 2023:


‘They’re throwing us out’: Boston begins clearing encampment at Mass. and Cass

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023...-mass-and-cass


Wait for the same news in 2024 unless we bring back the war on drugs.

[BruinsGirl]

So they are not worried they will die from freezing (winter is coming)...
They are not worried that their belonging will be gone while they go to the store (nobody is stealing, right?)

They should be in some sorts of shelter or group home. Better than on the streets in Boston's winter.

[msRB311]

Originally Posted by BruinsGirl

So they are not worried they will die from freezing (winter is coming)...
They are not worried that their belonging will be gone while they go to the store (nobody is stealing, right?)

They should be in some sorts of shelter or group home. Better than on the streets in Boston's winter.

There's been plenty of time to prepare for the cold. Today is the first cold day...it was a warm fall. Time for these people to move somewhere else. go to FL if you don't want the cold.

[BruinsGirl]

They can move to Florida... but if they stay here they cannot be on the streets. They should not be allowed to be there, other people deserve safe streets too.

If they have mental issues they should live in group homes.

[mdovell]

Brockton did this back in '16
https://www.wcvb.com/article/homeles...mpment/8236614

Look the thing is this. If and I want to say if you are on drugs the main priority is getting off the drugs..period. There is no reason to expect that people should tolerate drug usage around children and with employers. I'm not talking marijuana but hard drugs. We know that highly additive drugs lead to dependency and that dependency detracts from everything else. The AARP does not advertise to them because by the age of 65 they are already dead!

Earlier today I looked up the old mental health care facilities we used to have. They were all over the state. The 1960's onward we were conned due to a number of issues and incidents to shut the whole thing down and put people out one the streets thinking it would be ok. It failed.

Many of these problems are connected because it's the environment. Immigrants coming here due to violence from the war on drugs, militarization of police and others because of fears of other people being more armed and a lack of training, policies of sanctions and prevention of trade that prevent opportunities.

Even if a drug was harmless it becomes a waste of time.