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Originally Posted by Mister Yamoto
Mandatory re-hab centres? Ya, forcing an addict to get help always turns out roses. In fact, I couldn't think of a better way for addicts to "clog up the health system and have the biggest cost to society" than forcing every addict to go to treatment whether they want it or not.
The biggest of the many problems with your idea is that it absolutely 100% without question will not work.
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Ya, I suspect the efficacy would be below 5%. But it would get these people off the streets for ~30 days at a time. Maybe it helps the homeless problem, too. In theory, it could save money in other areas, but of course this concept would be crazy expensive and lack appropriate staffing, and the savings in other areas would never be realized.
Of course it's unrealistic and a bit dystopian, but I think we need a total paradigm shift when it comes to how we view substance abuse.
Also...leaving addicts to their own devices turns out roses?