Charities are handing out free crack pipes on LA’s Skid Row — and addicts just sell them to buy more drugs
And addicts told The Post that the free crack pipes help them afford more drugs to feed their habit. During a recent visit to ...
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This woman offers makeovers to homeless people on Skid Row
Get it Mama, get it. OK, come on. The men and women of Skid Row are not just all drug addicts and alcoholics. These are actually people who fell on hard times. They lost their job. They had an ...
NYC’s old ‘tough on crime’ laws worked — I know because I was busted as a drug addict criminal
If you allow a drug addict to smoke crack in a children’s playground with no consequences, they will do it. Why can’t ...
Los Angeles Magazine3y
The Citizens of Skid Row: A View from Inside the Hub of L.A.'s Unhoused Community
Ace resides on what he considers "prime real estate"—an outlying area near 5th Street and Central Avenue, away from the worst of Skid Row's drug activity. He has lived there four years ...
Los Angeles Magazine2y
Skid Row Nation: How L.A.’s Homelessness Crisis Response Spread Across the Country
In Lopez’s view, what created today’s Skid Row includes municipal abandonment combined with methamphetamine, the abdication of drug addiction and mental-illness treatment, misguided charity, ...
Capitol Weekly1d
The silent crisis: California’s senior homeless epidemic
OPINION - Seniors aged 55 and older are now the fastest-growing homeless population in the state. In California alone, about ...
Los Angeles Downtown News2d
Miles of Impact: About Skid Row Running Club and newest Board member
Racing through DTLA’s streets, the Skid Row Running Club is a testament to the transformative power of community and perseverance.