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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Having a disease that destroys yourself is one thing, but the minute it crosses into endangering others it's another level. I know it's not easy to deal with, but allowing that behaviour (driving) is like giving a psychopath a gun.
I think the best investment we could make as a society would be mandatory re-hab centres for alcoholics and drug addicts. They clog up the health system and have the biggest costs to society (crime, etc.). Total violation of personal liberty, but I think it would be worth it.
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Unfortunately that's not really how rehab works. When you think about the ultra-low success rates, that's for people who (for the most part)
want to be there. Can you imagine how ineffective it would be if people were forced to be there?
I think if we're talking investment, my vote would be to invest in strengthening the rehab system and trying to be pro-active with programs that target people that are at risk. And self driving cars. Tons of self driving cars.