Is Giving A Homeless Person $ For Drugs STO?

[Ohr Ein Sof]

Totally depends on the situation.

If the person is going to die from lack of that drug, no. If the person has no way out, no.

What is needed in such situations is to temporarily fix the situation, and get person help for long term in the manner of social programs, psychologists and the like.

This response made the most sense,

As an EMT and someone that worked in the medical field, the general population doesn't understand that "temporary relief" will send a homeless person to the ER table gagging and convulsing from their addiction. (This is just one example.) Eventually they will die from their addiction, so if what most of you meant is that "hey at least they die happy and get to do what they wanted." Then you need to take one day off of your precious life and watch the horror that addicts has to go through in front of your eyes before you can understand what that world is like.

Freewill is one thing, but when it is shackled to the "devil" and it's "addiction" ... that is not freewill of that individual. I love the "hero" mentality and "charity" mindset from most of you guys on here about helping homeless folks, but from a professional viewpoint, providing them with basic necessity like food and warmth is enough.

Again, money is powerful and can make or destroy a person. For someone that's an "addict," the outcome will always be destruction. Please be mindful of your action and read about public health, or some sort of academic research literature on how to "help" the homeless folks.

God, blind faith, and respecting "free will" is commendable, but "common sense" needs to start coming in at some point.

Ever heard of those cruel jokes (some aren't jokes, but actual real stories.) about Christians missionaries doing "god's work" in middle of Africa? and ended up being butchered and sold into the underworld?
I bet you in their mind at the time was all about "helping" too.

There is a fine line between "helping" and "ignorance."

Food, Shelter, and someone to listen to, if you are not a professional. Then direct them to resources that are available to help them for the long haul.

This is the real help, not "oh s***, the light is turning green, here's some money dude, have fun!"

Turn your effing car around, park, get some food for the person, cross the street and hand it to them.

Well then, it is all experience and some of us will do such things as hand a drug addict a $20.00 bill knowing they may take the money to get high; we may be unaware of the true nature of addiction and its consequences.
I saw a homeless man drink from a cup that he dug out of the trash once. It broke my heart. I didn't know his backstory and to be honest, I didn't care. I took the last $15.00 from my wallet and told him to get a meal. He may have been an alcoholic or a drug addict, I didn't care. I still don't care. It is none of my business how he lives his life or what he did with my gift of love is my take on it. I saw hunger. I saw a human suffer. So, I did what I thought at the time was best. People make mistakes, people enable one another and as far as I am concerned, there are no real mistakes although, there will be delusions and half-truths. But, that is exactly why we are here is to work these things out for ourselves and hopefully gain some understanding about who we truly are as well.
There will be some of us that have already experienced this with a loved one or a stranger. If we knew better, we would do better.