The consequences of jail over treatment

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(09-01-2017, 07:46 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: While there seems to be a focus on the specific of hard labor, Lucile's premise isn't entirely wrong. I am an addict, my vice was just cigarettes. Out of all of the times I "tried to quit," the only one that stuck was when I really wanted to. Something has changed in my life that made me want to stop smoking. I knew I was in a bad place health wise and needed to turn something around. I am still not great, but at least I have been tobacco free for over four years.

My point is that if we just order people into treatment, it isn't going to stick if they aren't ready. We need to find a way to give them some sort of reason to want it to stick. One of the Amy's to help a lot of these folks find some of that purpose that could provide that is job training. It doesn't have to be hard labor, and it may not even be job training that will do it for them, but it's an idea.

Have a family friend who's a parole officer and that was his take on it, too. He was against funding mandatory rehab/treatment programs because unless you WANT it to work, it never will, and there's already enough places/private programs that will take in someone who's seeking help.

Congrats on quitting, by the way.