"Who's Got Something?"

The other day the skytrain broke down at the Chinatown station so I decided to walk down to Hastings to catch the bus. It was about 10:30am, & I was shocked, frightened, & very saddened by what I saw. Everyone knows what goes on in that area & it's is one thing to drive through in your car with the windows up and the doors locked but it was a completely different experience walking down the street alone. I think it should be mandatory for everyone who lives in Vancouver to go down to the lower east side and experience what is going on. I believe that homelessness is a symptom of a larger problem...drug addiction. I must do something to help.