[dkhenry]

I think your view of addition is not just lacking, but wrong. There is a school of thought that addicts don't have a choice, but if you follow that view and take rational choices you end up with even more punitive policies. The reality is you have a choice, and punitive measures don't really effect your choice that much. In fact given the option most addicts would choose to take real effective steps that would reduce their substance dependence if it were offered.

Punishment isn't the right solution, but neither is enabling. Portugal isn't some drug free utopia, they have just shown that society's response to drug additions isn't linear