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**shockozulu** · 07-23-2005, 11:52 AM

beat-the-drum.com reminds me of a piece done in the LA Times about 10 years ago. It followed a homeless man who wanted treatment with his heroin addiction. He would go back and forth between offices all the way across Los Angeles (sometimes over a two-hour public bus ride) only to end up at an office that had nothing to do with addiction treatment. To paraphrase what he said to the reporter: "I want in today, I don't know if I'll want to go in tomorrow. Please get me help today."

If I remember right, he finally gave up after about a week.

07-23-2005, 11:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
shockozulu Huntington's Disease Awareness Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cook County, Ill Posts: 2,594	beat-the-drum.com reminds me of a piece done in the LA Times about 10 years ago. It followed a homeless man who wanted treatment with his heroin addiction. He would go back and forth between offices all the way across Los Angeles (sometimes over a two-hour public bus ride) only to end up at an office that had nothing to do with addiction treatment. To paraphrase what he said to the reporter: "I want in today, I don't know if I'll want to go in tomorrow. Please get me help today." If I remember right, he finally gave up after about a week. __________________ Copyright © 2005 - 2012 Shockozulu