I used to know an engineer who used cocaine, heroin and drank a lot. He definitely wasn’t performing at his best and the long term outlook wasn’t good. But h

I used to know an engineer who used cocaine, heroin and drank a lot. He definitely wasn’t performing at his best and the long term outlook wasn’t good. But he was able to hold his job and didn’t miss work more often than other people with other health issues like cancer or back problems. This definitely convinced me that it doesn’t make sense to pull drug users out of productive society and either fire them or put them to jail. It’s just very unproductive that makes things only worse. It would be much cheaper to treat their addiction while they are working.