Which isn’t an argument against forced treatment because nominally, more people get treatment. To illustrate using made-up numbers:
Policy A: No forced treatment: 10% of addicts attempt treatment with a 10% success rate = 1% overall success rate.
Policy B: Forced treatment: 10% of addicts attempt treatment with a 10% success rate = 1% + 20% of addicts forced into treatment with a 5% success rate = 1% = 2% overall success rate.
That’s a lot of resources for a low success rate though. The obvious question is could you get a better result using those resources elsewhere? Like education?
Policy A: No forced treatment: 10% of addicts attempt treatment with a 10% success rate = 1% overall success rate.
Policy B: Forced treatment: 10% of addicts attempt treatment with a 10% success rate = 1% + 20% of addicts forced into treatment with a 5% success rate = 1% = 2% overall success rate.