tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post520027976625676450..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Drug Courts are Saving Addicts from PrisonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-70362872230403038392008-10-16T18:47:00.000+02:002008-10-16T18:47:00.000+02:00As a teen my friend's daughter was sentenced to a ...As a teen my friend's daughter was sentenced to a drug diversion program. She made new connections and learned where to find cocaine more readily in "Drug Awareness" class. I guess the class was properly named.<BR/><BR/>I think some people can and some people can't be rehabbed. I also think that there should be no drug war to begin with and it wouldn't be an issue. Theft is theft, murder is murder, if you want to shoot speedballs in your veins, go ahead, just don't ask me to pay for your medical treatment later.<BR/><BR/>I'm a LIBERTARIAN with a BIG L, remember? You have the LIBERTY to fall on your face as much as you have the LIBERTY to succeed. And you have the LIBERTY to face the consequences of your actions.<BR/><BR/>End the drug war and this would all be academic. I'd rather have people figuring out why most treatment programs are abysmal failures than have people deciding which one to court mandate, because none of them should be court mandated to begin with.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-73749748861219156222008-10-16T13:23:00.000+02:002008-10-16T13:23:00.000+02:00I don't think the 50 junkies are put together to t...I don't think the 50 junkies are put together to trade ideas. I think they would be placed in a supervised recovery program with qualified counsellors. The ideas they'd exchange are about how to cope with life without using.<BR/><BR/>Don't you think addicts and alcoholics can recover?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-14906324686079099952008-10-15T13:49:00.000+02:002008-10-15T13:49:00.000+02:00Can addicted people ever really change?some alcoho...<I>Can addicted people ever really change?</I><BR/><BR/>some alcoholics do sober up, so yes. the question is how to convince them to make an effort; prison won't do that, so this is at least worth a try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-91005479725018735472008-10-15T08:56:00.000+02:002008-10-15T08:56:00.000+02:00Sticking 50 junkies together to trade ideas instea...Sticking 50 junkies together to trade ideas instead of being mixed in a general prison population will do them some good as far as networking when they get out but it won't help at all with addiction issues.<BR/><BR/>End the drug war. Prohibition has never worked for anything. Prosecute people that steal or do stupid things under the influence just like anybody else that committed the same offenses.<BR/><BR/>Their is no magic bullet.<BR/>Drug courts and diversion programs aren't a magic bullet. Just a distraction.<BR/><BR/>Thomas<BR/><BR/>Or get a rope and hang them all. Your pick.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.com