Not everyone who is struggling is on drugs

Here’s a little PSA:

-You can have any mental illness without having taken drugs

-You can be poor without having taken drugs

-You can be homeless without having taken drugs

-Not everyone in the legal system has taken drugs

-If you’re going to have transitional living programs, etc. make them also available to people who are struggling for other reasons, not just substance abuse.

It’s often assumed that because these things frequently co occur with addiction that everyone who fits in to the above categories is an addict.