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I’ve never heard of a court ordering drug addicts to consume alcohol or tobacco as part of their sentence. In certain states however, courts routinely order add
by CodeWriter23 9y ago
I’ve never heard of a court ordering drug addicts to consume alcohol or tobacco as part of their sentence. In certain states however, courts routinely order addicts into opioid drug replacement therapy programs during sentencing.
- djur 9y agoWe haven't criminalized alcohol or tobacco addiction in the same way we have other drugs, so that's not really a reasonable comparison. Tobacco cessation programs do use tobacco substitutes like gum, patches, etc. though, and there's been some experimentation with providing small doses of alcohol to people recovering from serious alcohol addiction.
- CodeWriter23 9y agoActually, most of the opioid epidemic is perfectly legal, as they are pharmaceutically-manufactured substitutes for the Opiates found in street drugs like heroin. Which brings up my secondary point, doctors don't prescribe tobacco nor alcohol. Nor do doctors receive incentives from pharmaceutical companies for prescribing tobacco and alcohol, but they do receive incentives for prescribing opioids. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/doj-billionaire-pharma-owner-fueled-the-opioid-epidemic-with-bribery-scheme/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/doj-billionaire-... That said, are you asserting that society's answer for someone out of control on Opiates is for the state to mandate Opioid use? The addicts I work with all tell me on no uncertain terms that kicking opioids is much harder than kicking opiates.