Social Problems In Skid Row

I work in skid row, downtown Los Angeles; a lot of people that lived in skid rod are under the substance use of crack, heron methamphetamine and marijuana. According to The Guardian states“ as of 2014, the downtown area had a residential population of 52,400 and rising, up from just 27,849 in 2000. Skid Row accounts for 17,740 of that total, while estimates put the number of homeless there between 3,000 and 6,000 – an incredible 10% of the current population.” Therefore there is a lot of people that have becomes homeless and are consuming an illicit drug. Some of the social problems I have encounter working at skid row is that a lot of people each other because of money and drugs. There is a lot of criminal activity due to substance use