Homeless and addiction on Skid Row Loas Angeles

e Teun Voeten, Skid Row, Downtown Central Los Angeles, California, USA, June 2021.Thousands of homeless camp in the center of Los Angeles in an area of 50 blocks. In the greater Los Angeles, there are 70.000 homeless, who have set up tents under bridges and on exits and entrances of the freeway and highway system. Some speak of the biggest humanitarian crisis ever in Los Angeles. Mentally Illness and substance abuse are rampant: Crystal meth (methamphetamine) is available in consumer portions of 5 USD and has taken over crack as the favorite drug of choice of the down and out. Crack, weed, fentanyl, spice (synthetic marijuana), cocaine heroine are other commonly used drugs. People do not even hide their drug use and smoke and inject in the open.