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the thing is who can we call when people need help? There is no hot line for social work and what if the person is dangerous?
so it's a terrible dilemma
solution, we need a social work hot line for call outs and someone to keep the social worker safe
we need to decriminalise drugs too
Drug addiction should be treated as a health concern, instead of a criminal offence imo
I know there used to be a CAT team you could call, but when I did that for mum years ago they didn't help at all; she just masked her schizophrenic symptoms until they left and didn't care what I said. Idk if they've improved but with my terrible experience calling them, I don't dare to now.