The city of San Francisco approved a plan to open a “sobering center” for methamphetamine-addicted residents to safely come down from their drug-induced psychosis.
Mayor London Breed announced on Thursday that the California city would be putting up tents with 15 beds to house addicted residents in one of San Francisco’s neediest neighborhoods, Tenderloin. The facility will be open 24 hours a day and will offer resources for those who use the center to continue receiving treatment.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the city has been plagued with meth addicts acting erratically while struggling through the psychosis that comes with the high. Addicts have stripped naked in public, threatened strangers, and otherwise made residents feel unsafe. Psychiatric hospitals in the city have been overwhelmed with patients seeking help. In 2017, nearly half of all psychiatric patients at San Francisco General Hospital were meth addicts.
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3 comments:
Get a clue:
You are doing too much
If you need a tent or a hospital visit then you don't know how to party.
Ask someone to teach you so you won't be a burden on society.
Geez
Like writing to teenagers
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Get a clue:
You are doing too much
If you need a tent or a hospital visit then you don't know how to party.
Ask someone to teach you so you won't be a burden on society.
Geez
Like writing to teenagers
February 8, 2020 at 2:05 PM
How much is too much? Any amount? They want them in those tents, I assume, to keep the addicts safe and more importantly, keep other citizens safe.
I hope their plan is to offer treatment to get them off meth while they are there in those tents. If not, not a good idea in the long run.
Northwest Woodsman: Napalm is cheaper and more effective. Has added advantage of sterilization the target area.
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