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Canada has free public healthcare for all. Alcohol rehabilitation is government funded. So is chemo for various cancers attributed to smoke inhalation and tobac
by vishalontheline 2y ago
Canada has free public healthcare for all.
Alcohol rehabilitation is government funded.
So is chemo for various cancers attributed to smoke inhalation and tobacco use.
So are appetite reduction operations for very obese people.
Why should heroin rehabilitation be any different?
Some people would then argue that some drugs are significantly worse than others - that they are significantly more costly to rehabilitate, that their consumption causes more harm etc. Should the costs be calculated average or total?
Let's say that the consumption and / or distribution should be penalized.
What should the punishments be for consumption? How harsh should the punishments be for distribution? Jailing people costs a lot of money too.
How do we create a society where people don't become so easily addicted?
- anon291 2y agoCanadas healthcare system is under severe strain, with people being unable to access routine care due to not having enough resources and the ones they have being stretched thin. Having government healthcare does not magically remove basic economics.
- WalterBright 2y agoRepealing the Law of Supply & Demand never works.
- portaouflop 2y agoWhich healthcare system is not under severe strain? I don’t think that is a function of gov or private healthcare. I would even argue that states that privatised healthcare have lower quality than those with government healthcare.
- eru 2y ago> Which healthcare system is not under severe strain? Singapore, probably.
- worthless-trash 2y agoI wonder why that is ;)
- eru 2y agoIt's pretty easy to find material online investigating different healthcare systems, and their strengths and weaknesses.
- throwaway2990 2y ago[dead]