In our society and for years drug use has been seen as a crime and seen as something bad. The people caught using drugs or doing drug trafficking are usually sent to jail and they’re punished for it. Over time, some countries, and states have started to decriminalize drugs and focus on treatment. The purpose of this is to treat drug addictions like a health issue instead of a crime. States that are doing this are Oregon, California, Colorado, and some more.
There are pros and cons to this. The pros are that this could help people get out of their addiction because usually when they’re sent to jail they will do their time. Once they get out they will start doing drugs again and will either continue this vicious cycle or will overdose and die because of their addiction. If they receive treatment like therapy and counseling it can lead to long-term recovery and prevent relapse. It also helps more people to seek help and get out of their addiction.
However, there is a bad side to it. Some people say that without legal consequences drug use might increase and this could be true which could lead to more deaths because they would just use drugs without being scared of getting caught and then overdose. It is also very expensive to offer treatment to everyone so some people might be unable to get help. Focusing only on treatment could also neglect other issues like crime and public safety.
In my opinion, there are good things and bad things about this. I don’t think that everyone should get treatment and not have consequences because then they might just keep on doing it. I think that they should do an evaluation and if they really do think that the people are interested in the treatment and are not just trying to not go to jail then the treatment can be offered to them but if they ever catch them doing drugs again then they should be sent to jail. I also think that even if they are receiving treatment instead of going to jail it still should go in their criminal records.
Do you think they should be punished or receive treatment?
What treatment do you propose?
Should everyone get treatment?
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I agree with you. I think that if they go to jail while suffering from mental health issues then once they get out they will just relapse which is why treatment could help.
I don't think recreational drug users should go to jail or prison point blank period. People selling or transporting large amounts of dangerous drugs should be punished but in my opinon its unfair to punish regular people who are probably just going through a rough time.
I agree with you because people that use drugs recreationally have different reasons. Most of the time they suffer from mental health issues and jail would just hurt. But I do think that they should have some consequences like a fine because if not they would just keep doing it and it could end badly for them
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