Originally Posted by
ryanv829
Agree 100%. I work as an RN at a hospital in the area and many of the older nurses I work with say things are way worse now than they've ever seen before. A large percentage of the patients i care for day to day are there for acute alcohol withdrawl or methamphetamine induced cardiomyopathy. It's not uncommon to be verbally abused, spit on, swung at etc...What gets me is the way homelessness and "the mental health crisis" get put in the spotlight instead of being looked at as symptoms of the real problem which in my opinion is rampant drug use.