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A good chunk of the people arguing to throw them all in prison are probably one good car accident away from getting hooked on opiates to get through the chronic
by lamontcg 5y ago
A good chunk of the people arguing to throw them all in prison are probably one good car accident away from getting hooked on opiates to get through the chronic back pain and winding up like them. Might be you.
And you cannot force people to stop drugs, but most of them really don't want to be doing what they're doing, but they need a way out to be there when they try to find it. Tossing them in jail doesn't work and we can't lock them away for life or execute them.
And they need housing (even while they're on drugs) and they need a job when they start getting clean, or they'll relapse.
You can't force anything, which is kind of the point about why treating it with the criminal justice system is stupid.
- josephcsible 5y ago> A good chunk of the people arguing to throw them all in prison are probably one good car accident away from getting hooked on opiates to get through the chronic back pain and winding up like them. Might be you. If I ever start stealing from people to get drugs, please do throw me in prison too with the rest of them all, even if the root cause was legitimately prescribed painkillers.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoSo if we can’t fix people that easily once they get addicted to drugs, let’s spend most of our resources trying to prevent addiction in the first place. I’m all for throwing a ton of resources at at-risk kids and making addiction prevention during hospitalizations a number one priority. It’s just that the problem becomes too hard to solve once the damage is done, so focus on avoiding the damage. And now you know the secret of all those European countries that have less crime and drug problems than we do.