"Alcoholics go to Alcoholics Anonymous, and they can only leave on the wagon.
Obese people often go to camps where their caloric use and intake are closely monitored.
So why do we encourage vagrants with drug problems to visit "shoot-up parks" to descend deeper into their sewer of dangerous and addicting drugs?
This isn't just a big city problem.
Here in the beautiful Roaring Fork Valley, we have vagrants.
The Glenwood Springs Post Independent recently reported that many vagrants illegally camp on private and public lands on the outskirts of town.
They litter the area, defecate and urinate on the ground, often start illegal campfires and frequently panhandle and worse.
...A bad economy is typically the reason offered for vagrancy, especially whenever there's a Republican president.
But that's not very convincing when unemployment is at 3.9 percent and vagrants are panhandling outside stores with "Help Wanted" ads in the window.
So what's the real reason for booming vagrancy in the face of a booming economy?
Officials down in Glenwood Springs think they know the reason.
It's because various community organizations inadvertently attract vagrants by offering them free stuff.
They note that other nearby towns don't offer free stuff, and those towns have very few vagrants..."
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