I don't know, maybe you have statistics to back up the claim that ?Most of these people are lazy, on drugs or alcohol.? I cannot say with any certainty the percentage of folks on assistance or homeless are lazy and just do not want to work. I do know that several states have mandated drug testing in order to receive assistance. If I remember correctly every state that did so suspended the program due to lack of results and cost of testing.
I do not pretend to know the answer to our homeless epidemic. You would think being the greatest nation on earth ;D we could eradicate homelessness. We are a very wealthy nation that squanders tax money. I spent 24 years in the military and another twelve working for the DoD. I can tell you from experience, the government wastes and misappropriates trillions of dollars.