(December 11, 2016 at 2:05 am)Tiberius Wrote: If anything, we should be paying for people addicted to drugs to go to rehab so they can get their lives back on track.
People seem to forget that drug addiction is a real problem. Its not something many people can just give up.
The problem isn't that people are on welfare and spending their money on drugs, it's that they are addicted to drugs in the first place. If you take away their welfare you aren't going to stop them doing drugs, which means they'll be in an even worse financial situation. Get them off the drugs by actually helping them rather than punishing them.
Nice idea, however, rehab with out after care, support and monitoring has a poor success rate.
Look at addiction the same as you would type 2 diabetes. An out of control diabetic gets a month of treatment in a hospital and then is turned loose. They received a lot of education during that month but once released they are on their own. Many will back slide into those old behaviors that worked for them for so long, that made them feel good, even if they know it will eventually kill them. How long until their diabetes is out of control again?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
