Forum: Close to Home
Topic: Viewpoints - The U.S. spends two-thirds of its drug war budget on interdiction and law enforcement and one-third on treatment and prevention. Is this the appropriate ratio?
Topic Posted by: Close To HomeDate Posted: Wed Mar 18 15:22:22 1998
Posted by: coleen (coleen1@gte.net )
Date posted: Fri May 8 0:04:33 1998
Subject: money spent on treatment
Message:
we keep building more jails and it's very obvious it does not work. Would we send anyone else who has a DISEASE to get punishment or help? They treat them like a piece of junk and then expect them to get out and be productive members of society.(ya right) and it's obvious it works. We know with long term treatment there is a 3 times greater chance of not returning to drug addiction. Not 30 day or 60 days we are talking a year or more how could anyone change there whole life in a matter of months we dont expect anyone else with a disease to just get over it that fast do we? People who have this disease or work in the field of addiction such as my self know what works. But sometimes it is not about us it is about money and when we focus on the big dollar we lose what is important in life. The people who suffer from this disease and there familys.
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