homeless

“Addiction Disorders and Homelessness” published by the National Coalition for the Homeless in April of 1999, talks about the controversial relationship between the homeless of America and alcohol and drug addiction. The article talks about how addictions are not the direct cause of homelessness in America, because the majority drug and alcohol addicts don’t become homeless. However, the risk is obviously increased if the person is both poor and an addict. Most of the information …

…their life without ever touching drugs or alcohol. The article ends by saying, despite the severity of this problem, there is not much being done to prevent it. It says that there are currently no Federal programs dealing with this issue and even if there were it would still take a lot more than just a few programs to completely help all the addicts currently living on the streets of U.S. cities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**