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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
A lot of these people are mentally ill. Years ago they would have been inside an institution.
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yup.
they closed all of the institutions in Vancouver.
the premier referred to this action as a "failed social experiment". nevertheless, he left the institutions closed.
the streets (here) are filled with the mentally ill. self medicating.
a recent study determined that 80% of the women on the streets were sexually abused as children.
i was involved with some film production work at the largest institution (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverview_Hospital_(Coquitlam). in the late 1980's. trust me. those folks did not/do not belong on the street.