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They would likely accept it if it came with strict requirements that the addicts must also undergo counseling and engage in a job/housing search if they are cur
by throwuwu 3y ago
They would likely accept it if it came with strict requirements that the addicts must also undergo counseling and engage in a job/housing search if they are currently unemployed or homeless. It’s not punishment that most people on the right want, it’s personal responsibility of which being punished for criminal activity is just a small component. If the addicts using these centres were demonstrated to be making real progress towards getting clean and reintegrated into society then the vast majority of conservatives would support them. The opposition is to a policy that is essentially no different from legalizing opium dens that support only the habit without requiring treatment.
- gaganyaan 3y agoThe right wing people I know would never accept it, even if it came with counseling and all that. They have rejected Portugal's approach and said that that's just giving in to the druggies. There might be some conservative people that agree with you, but I think most strongly religious conservatives wouldn't. IMO it does come down to punishment. Druggies have sinned and must be punished, spare the rod and all that.
- kranke155 3y agoThis is such a bizarre idea. Thanks to this thread, I learnt that the entire Portuguese drug program now costs something like 16€ million. The results for that is - top 10 country in safety in the world - pretty average results in drug usage in the population. For 16! Million! That's a preposterous result.