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Originally Posted by Ark2
The incentive for that drunk to stop is he has to hit rock bottom. If you are intentionally doing everything in your power to prevent that from happening, odds are he isn't going to stop.
The idea that we would supply drug addicts with both free drugs and a safe place to inject them and somehow expect that this would lead to them getting better is so ridiculously backwards that it defies comprehension. Not only would the government enable an extremely dangerous addiction, but you would almost certainly cultivate an environment where this type of behaviour becomes more socially acceptable.
The life of a drug addict should be hard. It should be painful, embarrassing, shameful, etc. because that is the only way to bring someone to the conclusion that they need to make a change. Once they get there, then it's the moral obligation of others to help make that change possible. Creating a consequence free environment where someone can continue their dangerous and destructive habit all so that a few dollars on the bottom line are saved, is, in my opinion, pure evil.
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Rock bottom has very little to do with ease of access or convenience - for the dedicated addict, the things you mention here are pretty trivial, mostly just daily speedbumps like you dealing with a traffic jam on your way to work. Recovery is driven by desire for change from within - for the most part, the external factors can be stacked all the way to death before they'd have any real bearing.