The consequences of jail over treatment

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(09-01-2017, 10:37 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: This is why I'm for a more comprehensive program that attempts to provide a more stable life overall. We have a tendency in our society to view issues in a vacuum and only treat the one issue. But you can't do that, you have to look at root causes, you have to take a more holistic approach to the person and realize they are more than just this one thing. It's not easy, and it takes longer on average, but the success rate would be higher and the long-term costs to budgets and society as a whole would be reduced.

I'm for letting people just do drugs if they want so long as they don't get violent, but making them live with the consequences. You get one OD rescue from 911, after that you're on your own. Choices. Consequences.

If you don't wake up from one near-death experience and seek help, then you need to be left to your own choices. All of a sudden then drugs become a scarier experience, people are dying, and maybe someone decides that doesn't sound like something they want to try after all.

Your version sounds all nice and flowery, but at some point you need to say enough is enough and stop coddling them and wasting everyone's time and money on them. Why work 40 hours a week, when it goes towards giving junkies free room, board, and job training?