Rehabilitate Don\'t Incarcerate
There are benefits to society at large to spending money on rehabilitating drug users. Rather than incarcerate offenders, what about using that same money to put these same individuals into treatment?
Well, some might say they don't
deserve it, but I am not referring to the drug lords and dealers who prey on
the weak of society. Instead, we are talking about those at the bottom of
the food chain, the down-trodden and addicted. At their worst, these people
may know nothing more in life than how to get their next fix. Now, I, for
one, am not willing to absolve them of ALL guilt, but their harm to society as
a whole is much less. Unless they resort to stealing or other crime to
support their habit, for the most part, they are hurting only themselves.
Of course, this is assuming too that they are not driving drunk or high and
putting the lives of innocent people at risk.
As is the case with many societal
whoas, the solution is money. People who need treatment the most are the
ones who cannot afford it. At Sherwood Hills Recovery Resort , we easily get 4-5 Medicare/Medicaid calls for every
interested person with private insurance. If Medicaid paid for treatment,
our facility would be overrun. Oh, and what about ObamaCare, you ask? Well
that's not a whole lot better.