A drug court judge I met visited the consumption rooms in Switzerland ... and thought they were a good idea ... partly as young people saw the sad individuals using them ... and it acted as a form of deterrent to drug use
@@fToo YPs see drug users on the street and in their estates but still they get involved in hard drugs also what kids get taken around a drug consumption room?!
Switzerland is a very different place to overcrowded uk . The normalisation of drug taking in my opion is wrong at so many levels . Getting people clean and this is not helping .
@@frankspig You don't need help well done but being an arrogant person your entire life where has it gotten you? you're not a healthcare professional stop offering advice you sound arrogant
Compassion and empathy should be the starting points. Do you think it's magic that makes Norway the lowest reoffending nations of crime in the world? Offer understanding, take them off the street to safe places and support to get off of the drugs. Stop demonizing, start supporting and compassionately intervening.
Do you work in the drug rehabilitation industry? You can’t take something that works somewhere else and think magically it will work . Norway has a large social net funded by the tax from their mineral resources. The U.K. doesn’t have that luxury. Also every country has its own psychological makeup. I think lots of drug problems come hand in hand with mental health problems. I can understand that you can try and help those people if they are in a consumption room, if they can even see they are suffering. I think in the U.K. we really need to be focusing on criminals and dealers all the way up the chain. We need more prisons before we even start thinking about consumption rooms in the rest of the country. In the back of my mind I think if it would be rolled out for the rest of the country, it would be more like hiding the problem from the public than trying to solve the problem.
@Bungle-UK But showing compassion to those addicted to opiates and other substances would create less crime. There would be fewer thefts and robberies if drug services took users in to use, including diamorphine assisted treatment. That benefits everybody.
I really wish people would stop ignorantly quoting Norway as some kind of safe haven paradise that we should all strive to be like. Clearly you've never been to Norway.
@@Skygrey2943 Heroin addiction is a smaller problem than the news coverage would suggest. The biggest driver of crime is crack addiction. The problem is most people using heroin will say that is their addiction and they only use crack and are not addicted. Heroin is a physical addiction, the mental addiction of crack is with you for the rest of your life. You can show an ex addict a picture of someone using crack and areas of the brain light up like a Christmas tree. If opiates were as addictive to a brain that has not suffered trauma or mental health problems. Everyone that has ever had an operation would leave hospital as an addict.
Why would more support stop fentanyl being mixed in? What would more support cost and involve? This reads like a platitude from someone who has no idea on what to do but wants to SEEM generally nice.
I feel so sorry for these addicts. Addiction is an awful illness and should be treated with humanity and compassion. We expect society to treat people for cancer and orher illnesses: this is no different whatsoever. People fall into addiction through no fault of their own: trauma, housing issues, poor education, undiagnosed neurodivergence - lots of reasons. These drug rooms aren't a panacaea, but are a step in the right direction. Plus it keeps the drug litter away from other people. Being horrible about addicts is unhelpful. Either commenters are more fortunate anyway, or have legal addictions. Everyone is addicted to something.
@@fpvDREwell both are bad luck in life, I know. I'm that addict in the piece. Did I CHOOSE to be born to a mother who had manic depression and killed herself and did I CHOOSE to find her dead? Did I CHOOSE to go into care aged 7 straight after as my father was a chronic alcoholic who was unable to care for me and drunk himself to death in my teens? Or CHOOSE to lose my two brothers to overdose (which they obviously CHOOSE to die from, or CHOOSE for my sister to die from liver disease aged 49? Or CHOOSE for my son to be stillborn? That's just scratching the surface of MY BAD LIFE CHOICES. As long as people feel emotional pain they will self medicate with pain medicine. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about so don't be so quick to jump to stereotypical conclusions about CHOICE and the illusion of free will mate.
@@GeoMutt-t5levery time I look in the mirror unfortunately. "Such people" are just people. The whole criminal justice approach to addiction is an abject failure as is the war on drugs in general. Prohibition never worked for anything
Drug dealers keep police and the nhs paid, there is more incentive to keep these people sick, that way even none profits organisations being given money by tax payers also get to make money. Let’s also not forget people who overdose in these places can be sued. And your right it’s sick
I live in a city where what you are talking about has happened. Vancouver is unrecognisable now. We had one of the first consumption sites in North America. It does save lived for sure, but you need to make sure the support systems are in place after the people leave the centre. It's called a 4 pillar approach. Here in Vancouver, tbe government has forgotten about two of the pillars , with disastrous results.
I was a drug squad officer.....it is heart breaking to see how most of these people end up none of them live to be old bones. Most are lucky to get to 35
Portugal, switzerland, Holland.....there are others too. Some of the best drug rehabilitation in the world. It's about time people started to realise the 'war on drugs' by that was started in the US was just for votes. Instead of trying to just brush it under the rug, start to do something about it. The sooner drugs are legalised, sold under strict guidelines, taxed etc etc, the faster there will be top level help for the people that need it.
@@danshaw6485 if you could buy them like alcohol and cigarettes there would be no problems. Then increase drug awareness in schools and you will have the best results.
People who need consumption rooms are no longer drug enjoyers as some people may think, they have reached a point of essentially being on autopilot and physically can't stop taking drugs even when they want to so this is part of of the process called stabilisation let them get a feel for what a normal life is again so they can feel more of a need to get better.
And what about all the people who dont get a normal life because they wont adhere to societys laws? Prison was created for those that cant fit into society without being a criminal.
@SteerCarmer Im not in the uk and ehhh hmmm let me think all them hotels For the gees but yet you don't want to help people who seem british in that or atleast citizens with a problem that can definitely be fixed that has existed for near 50 years in the UK and just isn't addressed this stops more tax money from being spent and problems Having these facilities (addiction and harm reduction) and it isn't yet a million or so fuckin third-world gees who most aren't coming with good intentions Yeah sure right just roll out the welcome mat made of taxpayers money hmmm globalisation
Here in Vancouver, they legalised all drugs, without providing the shelter space, supports for addiction and mental health issues, and punishment for a y associated crime. The situation is a disaster here, and many people are leaving Vancouver as a result.
@@acleverusername4866 no they didn’t they made some drugs legal not the drugs people want and it’s hard to access the heroin program u think that bc some idiot told you so and not anything from the truth. Till drugs are legal sold in a store and they’re free like in Switzerland or Portugal then it won’t be the same. When prohabition is in place and it’s hard to access these thing people will always continue to go to the black market
@@peterwillson1355 they actually do NHS has paid for pilot schemes for tobacco addiction in Scotland 🏴 they actually paid people through boots pharmacies for about a decade.
@@PeppermintPatties no they are allowing users to take there own supply initially. It’s actually a criminal offence to enable & provide this is Scotland. Drugs haven’t been decriminalised here. The idea is to prove the need for pharmaceuticals grade cocaine & heroin. It will take 2 years for them to gather enough data.
@@scorpio_67 I agree with him drugs are a choice freezing to death because you can't pay the high bills is NOT a choice and I am not a reformer just sane.
When people are hooked on a substance as addictive as heroin or crack they're not going to be put off using it by getting arrested. At least if they do it in one of these centers they won't be at risk of HIV, and it puts them in contact with people who can offer them treatment.
With the Membership Card you have become an Ambassador of the industry , and every Ambassador are allowed to receive 5000$ every 2weeks and with access to the industry Code ... And I think that can also be of help too
Governments adding drug use ? Put them in a locked room and let them be eased off them , cold turkey isn’t nice but once done , with monitoring will get uses off drugs ?
Instead of encouraging them to inject themselves with drugs in a room [ thus theyre continuing their downward spiral ] why not encourage them to go to rehab instead to stop injecting themselves altogether no? This is categorically the most stupid , dumbest thing i have ever seen in my life man and to think my taxes are paying for this truly boils my blood !! Only in Scotland could they come up with something as moronic as this huh? sighs!
@@scottwilson6467 well said. A tiny fraction of them could even dream of completing a rehab even it’s a waste of time they ought to be controlled not enabled.
Theyre testing this for the whole UK like the smoking ban and other laws. This has been a WEF push for a long time. The uniparty have been pushing this for a while along with the SNP. Anything that hurts the populus.
I thought that was the point of these places. Here they will finally be having contact with people who can help them get access to these types of programmes and hopefully find one that suits their needs. How could it be “only in Scotland” when the clip literally shows Switzerland?!
Made the same point. This druggie shoot up room only works for drug addicts who are functioning and would only be useful for society if it works in tandem with a rehab programme. Otherwise it's facilitating the abuse. Waste of tax payers money.
@@PeppermintPatties Still alive? Really? Spending tax payers money on non-tax payer addicts, allowing them to fuel their addition all while depleating the public pocket and NHS resources? Wow...
Channel 4 needs to come of mainstream not fit for purpose and more fake news than any kind of news, the only drama you will get is old and repeated any news will be with an agenda behind it.
No, this makes it worse. The place already had major crime and violence issues, worse than London before. The culture was changed and it was reduced for a while...its back because they want it back. This is another huge step towards that.
The evidence from other countries with these facilities is that they reduce deaths and addiction rates…The Swiss went further, giving out pharmaceutical grade heroin to addicts. They now have the lowest addiction rate in Europe. Scotland has the highest.
3:01 they've been coming there since their late teens 😂 (look about fifty) 3:52 they can go into treatment 😂. I doubt if any of them do. Best just tighter drug control and let them do without
Are we supposed to feel sorry for wasters who through their own actions have destroyed their lives ? Let's concentrate more on positive people putting one foot in front of the other and contributing to life.
If we can help these people we reduce crime, improve community health and increase the amount of "positive people", as you put it. Common sense would help you see the clear benefit.
This benefits everyone. It gets users off the street to a place where they won't be at risk of contracting HIV, where they can be resuscitated and where they can speak to people about getting treatment. For the rest of us it stops used needles and other waste being left around and reduces the spread of blood-borne diseases in the community.
People will say your comment is harsh but the reality is that the two drug addicts she interviewed in Switzerland have never come off the drugs and have been using the druggie shoot up rooms most their adult life. It does nothing but delay their inevitable death as it doesn't help to rehabilitate them.
As in the days of Noah...Luke 17:26-30 WE HAVE TO REPENT NOW! LORD YESHUA JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAVIOUR OF OUR SOULS! There are many who lacks basic needs like food. They need more help and support.
A drug court judge I met visited the consumption rooms in Switzerland ... and thought they were a good idea ... partly as young people saw the sad individuals using them ... and it acted as a form of deterrent to drug use
@@fToo why would young people be spending time there? That would be the opposite of the goal.
@@fToo YPs see drug users on the street and in their estates but still they get involved in hard drugs also what kids get taken around a drug consumption room?!
Switzerland is a very different place to overcrowded uk . The normalisation of drug taking in my opion is wrong at so many levels . Getting people clean and this is not helping .
@@frankspig You don't need help well done but being an arrogant person your entire life where has it gotten you? you're not a healthcare professional stop offering advice you sound arrogant
Compassion and empathy should be the starting points.
Do you think it's magic that makes Norway the lowest reoffending nations of crime in the world?
Offer understanding, take them off the street to safe places and support to get off of the drugs.
Stop demonizing, start supporting and compassionately intervening.
Do you work in the drug rehabilitation industry?
You can’t take something that works somewhere else and think magically it will work . Norway has a large social net funded by the tax from their mineral resources. The U.K. doesn’t have that luxury. Also every country has its own psychological makeup.
I think lots of drug problems come hand in hand with mental health problems. I can understand that you can try and help those people if they are in a consumption room, if they can even see they are suffering.
I think in the U.K. we really need to be focusing on criminals and dealers all the way up the chain. We need more prisons before we even start thinking about consumption rooms in the rest of the country. In the back of my mind I think if it would be rolled out for the rest of the country, it would be more like hiding the problem from the public than trying to solve the problem.
Which other criminals do you want to show compassion to? The law is the law and they should be prosecuted.
@Bungle-UK But showing compassion to those addicted to opiates and other substances would create less crime. There would be fewer thefts and robberies if drug services took users in to use, including diamorphine assisted treatment. That benefits everybody.
I really wish people would stop ignorantly quoting Norway as some kind of safe haven paradise that we should all strive to be like. Clearly you've never been to Norway.
@@Skygrey2943 Heroin addiction is a smaller problem than the news coverage would suggest. The biggest driver of crime is crack addiction. The problem is most people using heroin will say that is their addiction and they only use crack and are not addicted. Heroin is a physical addiction, the mental addiction of crack is with you for the rest of your life. You can show an ex addict a picture of someone using crack and areas of the brain light up like a Christmas tree.
If opiates were as addictive to a brain that has not suffered trauma or mental health problems. Everyone that has ever had an operation would leave hospital as an addict.
Drugs are getting more dangerous now . Drugs are mixed with fentanyl which is frightening. More support is needed for Addicts
Why would more support stop fentanyl being mixed in? What would more support cost and involve?
This reads like a platitude from someone who has no idea on what to do but wants to SEEM generally nice.
Uuuuh this England.
@@SteerCarmer the opposite is needed
@@prelovedbargainsandantique2245 no, it's Scotland.
That’s America. The Mexican cartels do that which supply the American and Canadian markets. Our heroin comes the middle / far east.
I feel so sorry for these addicts.
Addiction is an awful illness and should be treated with humanity and compassion.
We expect society to treat people for cancer and orher illnesses: this is no different whatsoever.
People fall into addiction through no fault of their own: trauma, housing issues, poor education, undiagnosed neurodivergence - lots of reasons.
These drug rooms aren't a panacaea, but are a step in the right direction.
Plus it keeps the drug litter away from other people.
Being horrible about addicts is unhelpful. Either commenters are more fortunate anyway, or have legal addictions. Everyone is addicted to something.
Do work with such people or have to encounter them daily?
no difference between cancer and drug taking lol what planet do you live on ffs 🤣🤣one self inflicted and bad choices the others bad luck in life
I am the addict interviewed and I have to give props to channel 4 news for not turning it in to some sort of "poverty porn" piece
@@fpvDREwell both are bad luck in life, I know. I'm that addict in the piece. Did I CHOOSE to be born to a mother who had manic depression and killed herself and did I CHOOSE to find her dead? Did I CHOOSE to go into care aged 7 straight after as my father was a chronic alcoholic who was unable to care for me and drunk himself to death in my teens? Or CHOOSE to lose my two brothers to overdose (which they obviously CHOOSE to die from, or CHOOSE for my sister to die from liver disease aged 49? Or CHOOSE for my son to be stillborn? That's just scratching the surface of MY BAD LIFE CHOICES. As long as people feel emotional pain they will self medicate with pain medicine. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about so don't be so quick to jump to stereotypical conclusions about CHOICE and the illusion of free will mate.
@@GeoMutt-t5levery time I look in the mirror unfortunately. "Such people" are just people. The whole criminal justice approach to addiction is an abject failure as is the war on drugs in general. Prohibition never worked for anything
Drug dealers walk around like local celebrities.
This is so many levels of wrong.
Shocking.
Drug dealers keep police and the nhs paid, there is more incentive to keep these people sick, that way even none profits organisations being given money by tax payers also get to make money. Let’s also not forget people who overdose in these places can be sued. And your right it’s sick
Blurring the crack pipe but full on showing the smackhead chasing the dragon on foil is crazy 😂
Movies used to get banned for this in the mid 90's. Now its like an instructional for kids.
@@SteerCarmerI know and now movies like Dirty Harry for example will never get made today because of pc 😂🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️.
How does a drug user in the midst of addiction know what will save lives?
Very sad , it is everywhere now in every city .
it is that and nothing is being done or very little the drug gangs have got bigger and more wealthy especially with open borders.
Forgive me for being cynical but I've seen similar things with resuts most would not want.
I live in a city where what you are talking about has happened. Vancouver is unrecognisable now. We had one of the first consumption sites in North America. It does save lived for sure, but you need to make sure the support systems are in place after the people leave the centre. It's called a 4 pillar approach. Here in Vancouver, tbe government has forgotten about two of the pillars , with disastrous results.
I was a drug squad officer.....it is heart breaking to see how most of these people end up none of them live to be old bones. Most are lucky to get to 35
@@acleverusername4866thanks to Trudeau and his minions.
Portugal, switzerland, Holland.....there are others too. Some of the best drug rehabilitation in the world. It's about time people started to realise the 'war on drugs' by that was started in the US was just for votes. Instead of trying to just brush it under the rug, start to do something about it.
The sooner drugs are legalised, sold under strict guidelines, taxed etc etc, the faster there will be top level help for the people that need it.
@@danshaw6485 if you could buy them like alcohol and cigarettes there would be no problems. Then increase drug awareness in schools and you will have the best results.
People who need consumption rooms are no longer drug enjoyers as some people may think, they have reached a point of essentially being on autopilot and physically can't stop taking drugs even when they want to so this is part of of the process called stabilisation let them get a feel for what a normal life is again so they can feel more of a need to get better.
And what about all the people who dont get a normal life because they wont adhere to societys laws?
Prison was created for those that cant fit into society without being a criminal.
@@SteerCarmer We can’t afford to keep building and sending the same people to prison over and over again. We need to stop the cycle somehow.
@jujutrini8412 yes we can. If anything we can't afford not to. The UK is in crisis mode, as are most western countries.
@SteerCarmer Im not in the uk and ehhh hmmm let me think all them hotels For the gees but yet you don't want to help people who seem british in that or atleast citizens with a problem that can definitely be fixed that has existed for near 50 years in the UK and just isn't addressed this stops more tax money from being spent and problems Having these facilities (addiction and harm reduction) and it isn't yet a million or so fuckin third-world gees who most aren't coming with good intentions Yeah sure right just roll out the welcome mat made of taxpayers money hmmm globalisation
They tried this in california and canada
All it did was raise the drug crime
Not true at all it lowered drug deaths legalizing drugs and making them free would lower crime
Here in Vancouver, they legalised all drugs, without providing the shelter space, supports for addiction and mental health issues, and punishment for a y associated crime. The situation is a disaster here, and many people are leaving Vancouver as a result.
@@acleverusername4866 no they didn’t they made some drugs legal not the drugs people want and it’s hard to access the heroin program u think that bc some idiot told you so and not anything from the truth. Till drugs are legal sold in a store and they’re free like in Switzerland or Portugal then it won’t be the same. When prohabition is in place and it’s hard to access these thing people will always continue to go to the black market
What about the laws in portugal regaurding drugs? Reckon we should fo down that road ?
@@breachperplex8846but it did raise the drug crime. You said it wasnt true, but couldnt back it up.
Legalise, empathise, decriminalise- Britain is old fashioned and backward we need to be progressive legalise weed and use non-custodial means
Just because Policing has failed we don't have to give in to these people.
You have to be under 35 to make that comment.
Progressives are being voted down hand over fist and the labour progressive is really a fascist.
But thats the leftist progressives for you.
@@janeevans5132and a Leftist
Look at American, look at California, foolish statement.
Do they help people who have a problem with tobacco or alcohol? Will.they supply free stuff?
No, you get taxed extra for those addictions...
Yes they supply pharmaceutical cocaine & heroin. The equipment has been freely available for decades.
No, because these drugs are legal.
@@peterwillson1355 they actually do NHS has paid for pilot schemes for tobacco addiction in Scotland 🏴 they actually paid people through boots pharmacies for about a decade.
@@PeppermintPatties no they are allowing users to take there own supply initially. It’s actually a criminal offence to enable & provide this is Scotland. Drugs haven’t been decriminalised here. The idea is to prove the need for pharmaceuticals grade cocaine & heroin. It will take 2 years for them to gather enough data.
Absolutely wrong. They keep cold winter payments from pensioners who have worked all their days and spend 7 million pounds on this building😡
Guess that makes you a Reformer.
What about the younger generations whose lives are now going to be massively impacted due to people like you voting Brexit?
@@scorpio_67 I agree with him drugs are a choice freezing to death because you can't pay the high bills is NOT a choice and I am not a reformer just sane.
Listen my family are pensioners aint freezing to death..not many old people freezing to death propaganda certainly not in uk
Enforcing the law would be a good start, not indulging junkies.
Very humane input
The decades long "war on drugs" proved how ineffective and costly that is.
When people are hooked on a substance as addictive as heroin or crack they're not going to be put off using it by getting arrested. At least if they do it in one of these centers they won't be at risk of HIV, and it puts them in contact with people who can offer them treatment.
Lol okay Peter Hitchens how has that worked out for the past 50 years?
@ it hasn’t been done
With the Membership Card you have become an Ambassador of the industry , and every Ambassador are allowed to receive 5000$ every 2weeks and with access to the industry Code ... And I think that can also be of help too
Kensington Philapelphia..... I wonder if these are located near politicians houses...
😂
Governments adding drug use ? Put them in a locked room and let them be eased off them , cold turkey isn’t nice but once done , with monitoring will get uses off drugs ?
Instead of encouraging them to inject themselves with drugs in a room [ thus theyre continuing their downward spiral ] why not encourage them to go to rehab instead to stop injecting themselves altogether no? This is categorically the most stupid , dumbest thing i have ever seen in my life man and to think my taxes are paying for this truly boils my blood !!
Only in Scotland could they come up with something as moronic as this huh? sighs!
@@scottwilson6467 well said. A tiny fraction of them could even dream of completing a rehab even it’s a waste of time they ought to be controlled not enabled.
Theyre testing this for the whole UK like the smoking ban and other laws. This has been a WEF push for a long time. The uniparty have been pushing this for a while along with the SNP. Anything that hurts the populus.
I thought that was the point of these places. Here they will finally be having contact with people who can help them get access to these types of programmes and hopefully find one that suits their needs. How could it be “only in Scotland” when the clip literally shows Switzerland?!
Drug addiction is so sad 😢 with God there's hope
Stupid idea, allows crime to be fuelled and continue. This is our NHS money It does not address the root issues only promotes the addiction.
Do you have any data to back that up?
@@zivkovicable Yes
@@tpmbe ok..where can I find it?
Honestly a waste of money, the men here said theyve been coming here since they were kids so its not working they still crackheads
They're off the streets for a start. As someone who lives on a council estate troubled by smackheads, I can tell you that's a big plus.
At the very least they're not at risk of spreading HIV, and are able to be resuscitated more easily.
Yes...but at least they're still alive. X
Made the same point. This druggie shoot up room only works for drug addicts who are functioning and would only be useful for society if it works in tandem with a rehab programme. Otherwise it's facilitating the abuse. Waste of tax payers money.
@@PeppermintPatties Still alive? Really? Spending tax payers money on non-tax payer addicts, allowing them to fuel their addition all while depleating the public pocket and NHS resources? Wow...
Channel 4 needs to come of mainstream not fit for purpose and more fake news than any kind of news, the only drama you will get is old and repeated any news will be with an agenda behind it.
Look at actual statistics instead of ur bullshit purgative
Totally agree - just look at the pitiful views they get for an organization in such a priviliged position.
Nice to see the bots repeating the same messages over and over.
@@chindit6784 i'm no bot buddy but if you pay well i could be
The struggle is getting real , lol
No, this makes it worse. The place already had major crime and violence issues, worse than London before. The culture was changed and it was reduced for a while...its back because they want it back. This is another huge step towards that.
The evidence from other countries with these facilities is that they reduce deaths and addiction rates…The Swiss went further, giving out pharmaceutical grade heroin to addicts. They now have the lowest addiction rate in Europe. Scotland has the highest.
@@zivkovicabletruth. This system is the only way. God bless.
dark side .. 😢😢😢
lol , tough
3:01 they've been coming there since their late teens 😂 (look about fifty) 3:52 they can go into treatment 😂. I doubt if any of them do. Best just tighter drug control and let them do without
That won’t work . Decriminalise it
It'd cost more to tighten control and all that does is create more crime.
@@SuperGreen36 no we don't want druggies everywhere
@@django3422 bullets don't cost much
@@SuperGreen36 damn straight. Prohibition never worked for anything and everyone knows it.
Are we supposed to feel sorry for wasters who through their own actions have destroyed their lives ? Let's concentrate more on positive people putting one foot in front of the other and contributing to life.
If we can help these people we reduce crime, improve community health and increase the amount of "positive people", as you put it.
Common sense would help you see the clear benefit.
So when you go down that route there is no turning their lives around? 🙄
This benefits everyone. It gets users off the street to a place where they won't be at risk of contracting HIV, where they can be resuscitated and where they can speak to people about getting treatment. For the rest of us it stops used needles and other waste being left around and reduces the spread of blood-borne diseases in the community.
Well said
People will say your comment is harsh but the reality is that the two drug addicts she interviewed in Switzerland have never come off the drugs and have been using the druggie shoot up rooms most their adult life. It does nothing but delay their inevitable death as it doesn't help to rehabilitate them.
As in the days of Noah...Luke 17:26-30
WE HAVE TO REPENT NOW!
LORD YESHUA JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAVIOUR OF OUR SOULS!
There are many who lacks basic needs like food. They need more help and support.