Homeless/crackheads in Amsterdam

Hello,

I’ve lived in this city for 8 years now, and I truly love it here but I can't ignore how much things have changed over the last three. The number of homeless people and open drug use has reached a point where it's impossible to miss.

Yesterday in the oost park near children I watched a police car drive by slowly, looking right at someone using crack, and they just kept going like it was nothing. It’s wild to see that level of indifference in real-time.

Between this and these people throwing/opening trash to look for bottle deposits.

I’m wondering how long are we going to keep looking away ? Election is near something needs to be done.