I am in college and on the weekends everyone goes into New Haven CT. I get dragged out every now and then. I know it's not christlike to be going to bars or go clubbing, but when i do i learn a-lot of lessons. Sometimes i will have homeless people ask me for money (there are alot of homeless people in downtown New Haven, especially at night) and i will give them money. Here's the thing, there is a big drug problem in that city, and its very common to see people high on heroin even during the day, and alot of homeless people get hooked on drugs. The other day i went to get pizza at night in the city, and i was waiting for an uber back to my campus, a woman came up to me and asked me if i had any money for pizza, she was a cancer patient at the nearby hospital. I had given her what money i had left. A few moments later a homeless man came up to me and asked me for money, i told him i didn't have any money left, and he kept insisting for him to take me to an atm. I went inside the pizzeria and asked to see the atm, but they told me not to give him any money because "these people are all on drugs". The owner ended up telling him to leave me alone and the guy left.
I felt bad because while the guy appeared to be drunk or have had substance abuse problems he is still a person.
the thing that i have been thinking about is the ethics of this, of what someone you give money too will spend it on. For example over the summer almost 100 people overdosed in the city in the span of 2 days.
More than 90 people overdosed on K2 in one New Haven park - CNN
I don't want to be the person that gives money to someone to buy the drug that will kill them, but it hurts seeing these people on the streets on the weekends while students mock and berate them
I felt bad because while the guy appeared to be drunk or have had substance abuse problems he is still a person.
the thing that i have been thinking about is the ethics of this, of what someone you give money too will spend it on. For example over the summer almost 100 people overdosed in the city in the span of 2 days.
More than 90 people overdosed on K2 in one New Haven park - CNN
I don't want to be the person that gives money to someone to buy the drug that will kill them, but it hurts seeing these people on the streets on the weekends while students mock and berate them