[simfree]

Rehab is nurturimg, moving those afflicted with substance use disorder into inpatient treatment for a month or two, then onto a sober house (with government subsidy for 3 to 5 months) with outpatient treatment during that time.

Everett, WA has good inpatient treatment services like what I describe available to everyone. King County (containing Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, etc) & Pierce County (Tacoma, etc) have no equivalent, just terrible programs like Seadrunnar.

[pstuart]

Rehab only works for those willing to do the work. For those that cannot or are unwilling, they should be offered the choice of jail or a work camp (keep on abusing but you're spending 4 hours a day picking up garbage).

We need to have compassion but it doesn't mean these people get a free pass to literally trash our commons and steal to sustain their habits.

[eurasiantiger]

It would be a good idea to stop the prohibition. It’s a lie to say ”we need to have compassion” when we are actively suppressing the same people with state-sanctioned violence just for trying to exist in a profoundly anti-human corposcape.

[silverwasthere]

Wouldn't that make for a great incentive to make a chemically dependant slave class? If the fines are less than the profits it's be great business.

Many star trek episodes were written about this.

[silverwasthere]

Thanks for sharing this.