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Originally Posted by Johnny199r
I’m a criminal defence lawyer that deals with meth addicted clients every single day.
Sadly, immediately after jail, they all end up back in their previous situation (or worse) and addicted to meth again.
It seems to be an incredibly hard addiction to kick.
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I'm likely not nearly as well versed in criminal law as you, but I've done a few cases. In Vancouver, it's pretty apparent what's going as most homeless people with drug severe drug addictions are concentrated in one area. As they get out of jail, people go directly back to their previous neighbourhood (the downtown eastside) and all of their friends and everyone else they knew are still using drugs. None of the issues that led them to drugs in the first place have been dealt with.
With drugs like crack, meth, and opioids, all it takes is one slip up to put someone back on a bender and likely full blown addiction again. So the odds of not re-using are slim to none.
I have heard stories of people getting out of jail and seeing that as rock bottom and reforming afterwards, but that's certainly not the norm. It's possible that the forced sobriety of jail could be effective, but the justice system would have to fundamentally change towards a model focused towards reintegration and mental health issues. The current model of pulling people off the streets and confining them for a few months to years and then booting them back onto the streets certainly isn't working.