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Originally Posted by Sliver
Kind of a dick move, but I'd be fine with chipping in via tax dollars and sending these junkies on a three-week cruise. They'd have fun, and we'd all get a break from their shenanigans for a while. No drugs out at sea, so they could dry out for a bit.
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Not sure how serious this is, but the Seattle doc makes an excellent point about junkies "drying out". When they're in jail or prison for a few months with no drugs, they do dry out. But without any sort of program in place to keep them clean, once they get out they start doing the same amount of drugs they did before getting arrested. But their body just isn't capable of handling that amount after being clean for awhile and they OD, taxing EMS services even further
The program Rhode Island put in place is more expensive up front, but saves a lot of money in the long run as well as human lives. It really should be the gold standard that every state and province puts in place to battle the opioid epidemic