Jail Or Rehab: The Governments Choice

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Jail Or Rehab: The Government's Choice

In order to solve a problem, the cause must be understood. This is why drug treatment is the right and only approach to to the drug problem in the U.S. There are many factors that lead to an addiction, whether they are socioeconomic and environmental situations, an act of rebellion, or used as an escape, millions of people turn to drugs.
The current system for addressing drug use is a combination of police enforcement, prosecutorial laws, treatment and education. Stricter laws and increased police enforcement have been attempted, and have failed. Focusing all of our efforts on education would be a worthwhile alternative, but not the optimum. It would take an entire generation to see results.
The American Psychiatric Association has classified an addiction as an illness: it is curable, and we know how to treat it. It is like alcoholism in that the only known way to treat a drug addict is through rehabilitation and surrounding the person with suppo...

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