Yes. If they are active, the next hit is all they care about. I have a friend who rents to alcoholics and addicts (3/4 house). He says the tough ones to get to leave are the alchys. The addicts, he slips them 50 or 75 to scram and they are gone. That next hit is very important to the active addict.
Can I borrow your car?
/johnny
Wow. The alcoholics are complacent and sedentary? I guess that is where “beer bellies” come from.
I guess in some cases paying the junkies to go away is more effective but if they know where you live they would probably keep coming back, wouldn’t they?
We’ve been feeding a homeless cat and it just sort of sticks around. I bet it would stick around for a while after we stop feeding it, and become really noisy too.
I hope the people who help and minister to these people know enough to keep themselves safe.