what is the current percentage of homeless people who have a drug addiction?
i cant seem tο find tһе percentage οf people іח 2009 wһο аrе homeless аחԁ wһο һаνе ѕοmе kind οf drug οr alcohol addiction…
im trying tο back up a statement tһаt ѕауѕ tһаt mοѕt homeless people аrе struggling wіtһ a drug/ alcohol addiction bυt i need exact numbers аחԁ a source wουƖԁ bе nice.
You can’t use the word most. I was homeless for over a year. You have a large combination of people, and why they are homeless. I feel many are mentally ill. I came across many of those than anything else. They get released from the state hospital with no place to go… I need not say more.
I think the question you should be asking is: “Did the drug addiction lead to the homelessness or; Did the homelessness lead to the drug/alcohol addiction? Here is your source. And Please people on Y/A; Learn how to use Google search.
Here’s one more
It’s really hard to get an exact number when dealing with the homeless because a lot of them people either forgot or stopped caring about them so their invisible to the world.
This is the best I could find:
38% report alcohol use problems
26% report other drug use problems
39% report some form of mental health problems (20-25% meet criteria for serious mental illness)
66% report either substance use and/or mental health problems
3% report having HIV/AIDS
26% report acute health problems other than HIV/AIDS such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, or sexually transmitted diseases
46% report chronic health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or cancer
Best of luck.
Kevin
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