The reason to be skeptical about all policy solutions and to think that there's just a deeper problem is that you look at all America's problems today, crime, drugs, the border, problems in education and probably all problems and they're not hard problems. They all have very rational explanations, and very rational solutions and you would still probably have 40% of the country and more than half of the elected people wanting to do nothing about it.

Like there's literally no argument for having homeless drug addicts in the street. Litterly, zero.

asking out of genuine curiosity, but what do you believe is the right solution?

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Put them in jail and whatever mental institutions that work. Close the border and stop allowing drugs to flow in.

ok, let's say for the sake of argument that I agree, but how do you fund the mental institutions that work? also, what are the mental institutions that work?

I don't know that they do, I doubt that but if we have data that these set of cases can be resolved through this process then fine but otherwise just put them in jail. RFK had a plan for centers that he would've wanted to try and I think these things are important to try along the way.