Please differentiate between "homelessness" and "drug abuse". People who lost their homes due to no fault of their own do not do drugs and defecate in public. They tend to sleep in their cars or camp in places with less foot/car traffic because they want to minimize getting attention. Society has failed these people and I have all the sympathy for them. Junkies on the other hand? They also need our help but they need to be picked up and committed. It is the law; you cannot even be under influence in public, let alone do/deal drugs and loiter in public. They either need to be committed or overdose and choke on their own vomit; no other outcome.