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People in Austin, with heat indexes over 100 nearly daily, will accuse homeless folks they see of being high and not even consider for a second that they could just be dehydrated or suffering from a heat illness. Esp. around the library, which is a city cooling center
David ForbesIt's telling that every homeless person, even sober, is automatically a sign of "the drug problem." But belligerently intoxicated tourists — a far worse danger to those of us living and working downtown — somehow never are.