> "Who do you expect will fund these treatment programs? The state should pay as part of the universal health care coverage IMO. Treatment as a cost is cheap.

> "Who do you expect will fund these treatment programs? The state should pay as part of the universal health care coverage IMO. Treatment as a cost is cheap. Heroin would be next to nothing to purchase by a government. They can be tapered off or in very serious cases just maintained. When life is no longer 24x7 about finding your next fix, the person can live a relative useful and productive life. They do not need to steal, they do not need to commit crime to fund their habit. They do not need to go to prison where the cost per inmate exceeds by orders of magnitude the cost of treatment