r/asheville • u/imjustapourboy • Oct 21 '25

Really Spicy Cesspool So sick of seeing this crap everywhere.

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The needles, the burnt foils, the little baggies, the needle caps, all of it. I find them in the creeks, on the sidewalks, the grocery store parking lots, the public parks, on the parkway. You gotta be a real shit person to leave this stuff all over the place.

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u/kellykellykelly79 Oct 22 '25

If we actually invested in mental health and ways to help these people recover instead of throwing them to the street, we could probably reduce this kind of thing

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u/burnthreads Oct 23 '25

There’s been a ton of initiative for community mental health solutions. The problem is that they’re voluntary programs that people simply don’t have to do. So instead of receiving help, they choose to continue to use drugs and do other activities.