Thank you for having an open mind. The book and the author discusses Europe, specifically Holland and Portugal, two countries were I have lived, and that have s

Thank you for having an open mind. The book and the author discusses Europe, specifically Holland and Portugal, two countries were I have lived, and that have successfully addressed the issue - and the issue is addiction. The main difference between those two countries and the US is not the level of spending, it is the way the money is spent and the firmness with which the addicts are guided to a solution.