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> There's millions of things we could or need to spend tax dollars on and you suggest enabling drug addicts? Drug camps aren't really enabling drug addicts, it
by seanmcdirmid 2y ago
> There's millions of things we could or need to spend tax dollars on and you suggest enabling drug addicts?
Drug camps aren't really enabling drug addicts, it is just giving up on them and dealing with the humane problem of just keeping them alive for as long as possible as cheaply as possible.
But I can also empathize with your position, which is more what the Chinese do. Zero tolerance is given to drug addicts, and unless their families pay up for treatment, they are going to work camps until they die. With harsh consequences, people avoid that, even if they are unhoused.
- cr125rider 2y agoSo it sounds like people choose to be drug addicts and also choose not to be if the consequences are in place. Got it.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoIf there is a huge stigma against being a drug addict, you better believe that people will think a lot harder about it when offered drugs at a party. There is a lot of personal choice involved, so I totally get that we don't want society to enable behavior, there has to be consequences so someone decides not to get addicted to fent.
- cr125rider 2y agoI totally agree with you. I just wanted to summarize tersely.