Walking the bowery line

In this new era of homelessness I now see a new breed of the homeless. it now the crack addicts and the ex-felons now who make up the nations homeless population now. I now see more mental illness on the streets of america now than ever before. frustation constantly building up and the tendency to conflict to another individual is more prevelent now than ever before. long eextended stays on the streets will cause this. I have seen many people snap in a moments notice.
after months and months of constance abuse of drugs and alcohol, I have seen the demon come out in people. more recently in downtown seattle I heard the news of a stabbing in the downtown area, just one week before that there was a mentally ill homeless man pouring gasoline on people and setting them on fire. severe and chronic homelessness is a major problem in america. but our government is very reluctant to take any action on the matter except place a person in custody. in the old days there was just your average alcoholic on the streets. the wino they once called them. in the large cities downtown the streets would be flooded with liquor bottles everywhere. but nowadays its the drug user and they are more vicious and more dangerous than any alcoholic could ever be. walking the bowery line. its not what it once was.