We will never get control of the drug problem in this country because we always put the cart before the horse. Drug treatment facilities have approximately a 8-15% success rate, the same rate that SSRI anti-depressants have. So, we spend all this money putting people away either in jail or drug rehab knowing 85% of them will repeat their drug use when they go home. Who benefits? Big pharma and those CEO's running companies who build and operate treatment facilities.
In my opinion if you want to fix the drug problem you have to start with fixing our educational system by teaching critical thinking skills, our financial systems by paying a fair wage, our housing problem and our political systems because they are all creating our drug problem. Just sayin, take a deep dive into this drug abuse issue and it's not what it seems and it's not what the public wants to hear. Our go to remedy is either blow it up, throw money at it and blame the victims.
Your suggestions are a start, but detox efforts must be scaled up in a way that attracts more addicts. I suggest we supply them with opioids under a detoxification protocol. This has the advantage of reducing the demand for illegal drugs and reducing cartel profits. I see no other way to get profits out of the trade. Getting profits out of the trade will reduce cartel power and we can begin the process of rebuilding legitimate Latin American governments.
We will never get control of the drug problem in this country because we always put the cart before the horse. Drug treatment facilities have approximately a 8-15% success rate, the same rate that SSRI anti-depressants have. So, we spend all this money putting people away either in jail or drug rehab knowing 85% of them will repeat their drug use when they go home. Who benefits? Big pharma and those CEO's running companies who build and operate treatment facilities.
In my opinion if you want to fix the drug problem you have to start with fixing our educational system by teaching critical thinking skills, our financial systems by paying a fair wage, our housing problem and our political systems because they are all creating our drug problem. Just sayin, take a deep dive into this drug abuse issue and it's not what it seems and it's not what the public wants to hear. Our go to remedy is either blow it up, throw money at it and blame the victims.
Your suggestions are a start, but detox efforts must be scaled up in a way that attracts more addicts. I suggest we supply them with opioids under a detoxification protocol. This has the advantage of reducing the demand for illegal drugs and reducing cartel profits. I see no other way to get profits out of the trade. Getting profits out of the trade will reduce cartel power and we can begin the process of rebuilding legitimate Latin American governments.
I should also add that the government supplying drugs would go far toward eliminating the overdose problem, thereby saving countless lives.
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