Unless we are willing to see our society metamorphose into a brutal police state, no coercive policy will come close to even limiting drug use, let alone eliminating it.
Once we understand that the current assault on addicts creates greater insecurity for everyone and severe hardship for users, and once we understand that stressing people chronically and mercilessly can in no way promote their capacity for healthy transformation, it becomes a straightforward matter to envision approaches that rely not on moralizing but on science and humane values. The idea of a correctional center is right, but there are no means or programs for correcting.
Caitlin
October 25, 2017 — 9:17 am
Dear writer–I think it is important how you point out the stress and hardships put on certain people, especially addicts, and how this doesn’t help them grow and heal. Our society is really too quick to blame people who are struggling with things often beyond their control. Thank you for sharing this.