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To: fireman15

“Homelessness has been growing at 5% to 7% a year in Washington State since legalization.”

That’s not “skyrocketing” in my book - and your link addresses only a single year, during which legalizing Oregon saw a drop in homelessness.


73 posted on 12/21/2021 7:39:48 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

A 7% yearly increase doubles a problem in approximately 10 years... This corresponds very closely to the increase in the number of unsheltered homeless in this area. The unsheltered are the people who refuse to live by the rules and are not allowed in the shelters. The number one rule that they violate is substance abuse. And the number one substance that is abused in this area is marijuana.

You are so heavily invested in the legalizing of marijuana that you simply ignore anything that does not fit your narrative. That is called confirmation bias. Still, it is always fun to see how you will deflect any observation or statistic that is presented.

I thank you for your responses after I and not one of your cohorts pinged you to this thread. Believe it or not I was getting worried about you. You are one of the more challenging people to debate here and I actually appreciate that. I was worried that depression or some other problem was slowing you down.


74 posted on 12/21/2021 9:18:26 PM PST by fireman15
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