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Most addictions are a social and healthcare problem. Criminalization is the problem because it makes on so many levels so hard for the people suffering from add
by fsloth 7y ago
Most addictions are a social and healthcare problem. Criminalization is the problem because it makes on so many levels so hard for the people suffering from addiction to get proper healthcare.
I mean look at the opioid crisis. There is no insurance policy for addiction, plus, you are labeled as a dedbeat by the society. And only because doctor prescribed you something they should not have.
Without criminalization of addiction the opioid crisis would have been much easier to deal with.
You can use that as a template for other things as well.
Besides, I would much prefer people got addicted to mushrooms and cannabis rather than alcohol. The damage alcohol does to an addict is total and eventually lethal and irreversible.
- MuffinFlavored 7y ago> Criminalization is the problem because it makes on so many levels so hard for the people suffering from addiction to get proper healthcare. Can't you argue that by making it illegal, you make it less available, therefore ending up with less people addicted?
- MichaelApproved 7y agoIllegal drugs are available everywhere. They're even available in prisons. If you can't even keep them out of prisons, how effective do you think making them illegal has been on availability?
- nobleach 7y agoI feel this is a very important point. Legality appears to have little effect on usage. All we really do is apply another label to a user/abuser; that of a "criminal".
- fsloth 7y agoIf the aim is to reduce the social problems caused by addiction then criminalization is the wrong way to do it. Now addicts are 'taken care' by the justice system which is less effective and more expensive than social and healthcare programs would be if applied to the same population.