The Impact of Substance Abuse and Homelessness

 

Often than not many people view homelessness as a cause by some sort of addiction or substance abuse. Often than not many cases of substance abuse can often cause and lead to homelessness. These both are interchangeable when thinking of one another but go hand in hand when looking for solutions. Substance abuse can be seen as a result of homelessness to cope with the pain and hard times these individuals are going through, a way for them to rid the burden of stress. This cycle is nonetheless a never ending circle that causes those within it to never surpass their day to day living and situations. Breaking an addiction is challenging in a situation such as this, in many cases those who are addicted become disconnected from their family and friends, not allowing for any form of support system to attend these addictions.  This is why we may see so many relapses within these addictions, these people are not receiving the proper outlets to rid themselves of these addictions. When we are looking to combat homelessness through substance abuse we must look for good outlets and forms of education to educate the community/society as a whole to allow those who are in these situations to have the ability to succeed. Starting with the youth, this will allow the education to begin early and continue as years progress. Programs such as Life Skills Training Program (LST) is a great way for the youth (middle school students) to learn protective and risk factors by teaching basic and general life skills, paired with drug and substance abuse prevention. With preventative measures in place for not the youth but adults and seniors, we may look to see progress within homelessness and the combating of substance abuse and addiction.

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- David Joseph II