> There is absolutely no valid reason we can't treat people with suboxone You're absolutely 100% right about this. This should be the first part of any treatme

> There is absolutely no valid reason we can't treat people with suboxone You're absolutely 100% right about this. This should be the first part of any treatment, to make it easier to separate the druggie from the drug camp and then come off, if possible, at a reasonable time as decided on by them and their team. This is one of the cores of the Portuguese system, to use some drugs to wean people off the dangerous ones. > This could all be 'fixed' if people didn't have a subconscious need to make people 'pay' for doing things they feel are wrong. I know some people like this, but I see more people saying this in that we shouldn't forgive the violent and non-drug related crimes people committed while resisting being removed from the streets. They don't want them not treated, but they want them jailed instead of released once they're clean. It's hard to argue - I've personally helped two old female shopkeepers chase thieves out of their store. Threatening and obviously disrespectful and non-needs related thieves too, not someone simply trying to take a bottle of water and food.