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20260614 California’s Prop 47 has been scaled back.rtf
20260614 Prop 47 has resulted in the discontinuation of the practice of courts offering rehabilitation, rather than incarceration, for individuals charged with crimes related to substance use disorders.rtf
20260614 naloxone: a life-saving agent capable of reversing opioid overdoses.rtf
20260614 opioids are __. Examples include __: a class of drugs that act on a person’s opioid receptors and that are primarily used for pain management. Examples: morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, heroin, fentanyl.rtf
20260620 sobering center: facility or setting providing short-term (4-12 hour) recovery and recuperation from the effects of acute alcohol or drug intoxication. Sobering centers are fully staffed facilities providing oversight.rtf
20260709 Many homeless people stay in encampments to use illegal substances more freely and easily than they can in the shelters. Fmr Mayor Breed believed this.rtf
20260730 Drug use is an individual risk factor determining *who* is most vulnerable to losing housing, rent price and availability dictate *how many* total individuals become unhoused in that community.rtf
20260730 Grok on the Australian study using Journeys Home data to model entrance to homelessness as a function of the cost of housing and drug use.rtf
20260730 SAMHSA data shows drug abuse rates are relatively uniform across U.S. metropolitan areas while homelessness rates vary by orders of magnitude.rtf
20260730 [Australia, Journeys Home] Johnson, et al. Entries and exits from homelessness: a dynamic analysis of the relationship between structural conditions and individual characteristics.rtf
20260730 when he was in the depths of his methamphetamine addiction, he had a hotel room but chose to spend the night in his tent on the streets [presumably in LA] to be “closer to the action”.rtf
20260801 Trying to find a source for Pratt's "90% of the homeless population in LA are hardcore illicit drug users".rtf
20260802 A HUD study that cites a few studies on substance use and may be worth looking at.rtf
20260802 Studies modeling drug use and housing costs simultaneously. This LLM reply included the Johnson, Scutella (Australia Journeys Home) study, so the others listed here may be worth investigating.rtf
20260803 Colburn and Aldern - substance abuse and illicit drug use explain six percent of the variance in states’ rates of homelessness.rtf
20260803 Johnson, Australia, Journeys Home - Surprisingly, regular drug use was not significantly associated with homelessness. We speculate that diagnosis of these conditions makes delivery of support services more likely.rtf
20260803 Thompson et al - This study reinforces the importance of both substance-use disorders and poverty in the risk for first-time homelessness.rtf
20260803 Vangeest et al -Substance abuse plays a critical role in the breakdown of social bonds, negatively influencing social as well as institutional relationships.rtf
20260806 NARCAN is just a brand of naloxone.rtf
20260806 The most dangerous drugs in LA - fentanyl, meth, fentanyl+meth, cocaine, heroin, counterfeits (fake oxycodone, Percocet, Xanax).rtf
20260806 What receptors does meth act on?: It’s a stimulant. It targets monoamine transporters.rtf
20260806 receptors marijuana acts on: THC binds primarily to two main receptors in the body: CB1 and CB2 receptors, which are part of the Endocannabinoid System. THC interacts w opioid receptors indirectly.rtf
20260815 88% of alcohol-abusing homeless men, 84% of women were diagnosed with an alcohol use disorder in the year before they became homeless. For drug abuse, 78 percent of men and 69 percent of women.rtf
20260815 Certain federal definitions of “drug abuse” exclude alcohol abuse.rtf
20260822 Observational data from large health-record analyses link GLP-1 agonists to lower risks of developing or experiencing problems with alcohol, opioids, stimulants, cannabis, nicotine, and other substances.rtf
20260822 Vaccines that train the immune system to produce antibodies binding specific drugs (especially fentanyl and other opioids) can prevent those drugs from reaching the brain, blunting euphoria and reducing overdose risk.rtf
20260916 claims of percentiles of drug addiction among the homeless in the high seventies, "eight out of ten".rtf