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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Yes, actually. My parents were very much against 'choice' vices like drinking, smoking and drugs, and if you 'fell into that trap', it was your own fault and your responsibility to take care of. I realize my case is far from the norm in that regard.
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Understandable, but perhaps the way you should try to look at it is this, hopefully this new program will offset, and even reduce the current costs of the epidemic.
Currently, the OD's have large costs that are piling up--deaths, theft, violence, broken families, snowballing family effects (next generation falling down same hole), children in foster care, emergency services (ambulance, police), damage to property, fueling the black market (gangs), taking up space/resources everyday emergencies need, etc.
If the the new program can reduce these costs, and help the addicts ween off the drugs as well, could end up SAVING you money!
I don't want my tax dollars going to pay for others vices, but fact is, my tax dollars already go to dealing with the fallout from them anyway, so if we can instead break the cycle, AND help them get clean/sober, for less $$$....