Tag: mental illness

Contemplative Silhouette Sitting On Rock In Nature

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Author
Marvin Olasky

Date
April 26, 2024

Tagged
, __featured, drug addiction, Forge, homelessness, Joplin, Marvin Olasky, mental illness, Missouri, Watered Gardens}

The Ups and Downs of Recovery at The Forge

_{Marvin Olasky

April 26, 2024}

The past two months I've written about those making progress at Forge, the Christian shelter I lived at in Joplin, Missouri. But not everyone perseveres. I played disc golf on a sunny day last October with one Forge resident who told me how he had become a devotee of YouTube Satanist channels. For a time, he combined demonic rituals, drug use, and increasingly elaborate drawings of skulls and skeletons. Read More ›

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Date
April 25, 2024

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, ACLU, addiction, addicts, Cal-Psych, California, case workers, Democrats, drug addiction, drug possession, drugs, Gospel Rescue Mission, Grants Pass v. Johnson, group homes, homelessness, housing, Housing First, Los Angeles, mandatory care, mental illness, Michael Shellenberger, Misery, New York City, North America Recovers, Oregon, poverty, psychiatric hospitals, Republicans, Rousseau, San Francisco, shelter beds, shoplifting, Sixth Sense, untreated mental illness, US Supreme Court, Washington}

The Dirty Little Secret About Homelessness Is the Key to Ending It

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty

April 25, 2024}

The US Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments about what cities can and cannot do to end homelessness. What everyone agreed on was that homelessness is a difficult problem. I think most people listening to the Supreme Court would agree: it isn’t going to solve homelessness. That is a job for state legislators. So why haven’t they? Why has homelessness gotten worse? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Choe

Date
April 23, 2024

Categorized
Drug Epidemic, Homelessness, Mental Illness, Street Report

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, Darren Stallcup, drug addiction, drug overdose deaths, Erica Sandberg, fentanyl, Harm Reduction, homelessness, Housing First, JJ Smith, jonathan choe, mental illness, Ricci Wynne, San Francisco, Stanley Roberts, Street Report, tenderloin, Tom Wolf}

Drug Addiction and Homelessness in San Francisco’s Tenderloin

_{Jonathan Choe

April 23, 2024

Drug Epidemic, Homelessness, Mental Illness, Street Report}

Is it too late to save San Francisco from the "Doom Loop?" I spent several days in the Tenderloin and other neighborhoods decimated by homelessness, drug overdose deaths, and mental illness. This human tragedy is being further exacerbated by failed public polices like "housing first" and "harm reduction." Read More ›

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Date
April 18, 2024

Categorized
Homelessness, News

Tagged
, 9th Circuit, addiction, Fix Homelessness, Grants Pass, Grants Pass v. Johnson, homelessness, Housing First, Housing Plus, mental illness, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, oral arguments, Oregon, Robert Marbut, SCOTUS, Steven J. Buri, Supreme Court}

SCOTUS Will Hear Arguments in Controversial Homelessness Case that Will Impact Cities Nationwide

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty

April 18, 2024

Homelessness, News}

As homelessness hits all-time highs across the country, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments next Monday about whether the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property are constitutional. The case will determine how cities nationwide are allowed to respond to the crisis of homelessness. Read More ›

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Author
Marvin Olasky

Date
April 5, 2024

Categorized
Drug Epidemic, Homelessness, Mental Illness

Tagged
, addiction recovery, addicts, affordable housing, Dreamland, drug decriminalization, drug sales, drugs, ex-addicts, fentanyl, homelessness, John Peter Zenger, Kenton County Jail, Kentucky, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Marc Fields, Marvin Olasky, medication-assisted treatment, mental illness, meth, methamphetamine, Mexican trafficking, naltrexone, Reaching the 95, refugees, Sam Quinones, schizophrenia, sobriety, suboxone, The Atlantic, The Least of Us, Zenger House, Zenger Prizes}

Drugs and Homelessness

_{Marvin Olasky

April 5, 2024

Drug Epidemic, Homelessness, Mental Illness}

Last week we gave our third annual set of Zenger Prizes to ten journalists for articles or podcasts that emphasize good street-level reporting and a willingness to see that all human beings have value. One of the winners we announced is Sam Quinones, for an article he wrote in The Atlantic updating his acute analysis of America's drug crisis. Read More ›

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Author
Marvin Olasky

Date
March 22, 2024

Categorized
What Works

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, __featured, Faith-based Organizations, human stories, mental illness, shelter}

Journey of a Troubled Soul

_{Marvin Olasky

March 22, 2024

What Works}

That’s how Michael Porter described his experience after growing up in an abusive home and surrounding himself with drug addicts. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Choe

Date
February 25, 2024

Categorized
Homelessness

Tagged
, drug addiction, fentanyl, mental illness, outreach, Street Report}

Visible Human Suffering on the Streets of Downtown Seattle

_{Jonathan Choe

February 25, 2024

Homelessness}

Under the "housing first" model, they simply move their problems indoors with zero requirements for detox or mental health treatment. Read More ›

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Author
Marvin Olasky

Date
January 19, 2024

Categorized
Housing

Tagged
, Faith-based Organizations, mental illness, tiny houses}

Not the Brady Bunch

_{Marvin Olasky

January 19, 2024

Housing}

But I relearned the importance of not making snap judgments. Victor Osburn, who is 55 and lives in 14E, said “I’m schizophrenic” and proceeded to warn me about the dangers surrounding Eden Village Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Choe

Date
December 4, 2023

Categorized
Crime, Law, and Order

Tagged
, behavioral crisis, crime, mental illness, Street Report}

Knife Fight Breaks Out in Front of Downtown Seattle Shops

_{Jonathan Choe

December 4, 2023

Crime, Law, and Order}

No one was stabbed. But this latest incident is exactly why so many people are avoiding downtown. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Choe

Date
November 3, 2023

Categorized
Crime, Law, and Order

Tagged
, duwamish, mental illness, Seattle Police, Street Report, We Heart Seattle}

Seattle Man Steals Excavator to Build Cabin in the Woods

_{Jonathan Choe

November 3, 2023

Crime, Law, and Order}

“Literally the words out of his mouth were ‘I was told I can do this; this is everybody’s land’” Suarez Read More ›