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I'll never understand locking people up for having an addiction and treating them like criminals. I'm not too educated on how it's handled in America but in Australia you can go to your doctors and get signed up to a methadone program without worrying about any legal repercussions.

My fiancé works at a pharmacy in Melbourne, Australia and says some of the most lovely and friendly people who just want to get themselves together come in regularly to get their $5 dose and it's saddening to see how badly society judges them.

[wutbrodo]

I believe you can do the same here, but the (huge, purpose-defeating) difference is that you need to be able to afford the rehab in a country that isn't so keen on providing a safety net (somewhere upthread someone mentions his sister ruining her life with heroin, wanting to go to rehab, but unable to afford the cost, which is uncovered by Medi-Cal).