"And sending "every single citizen through rehab programs" isn't desired. What's desired is keeping them from needing the program in the first place."
This seems like an admirable idea, unless you're a human being with feelings and decide to acknowledge all classes of society. You might approach this from the viewpoint that these peoples' lives would be better without the use of drugs - more often than not, people take the drugs because their lives are so bleak in the first place. If you remove the current illegal drugs from circulation, people who don't like to experience the world as it currently is (those who were born into a state of disadvantage, those who do the jobs you don't want to) will be just as motivated to either create their own drugs, or take existing legal ones (alcohol, pharmaceuticals)which are just as dangerous, if not more so.
The only reason there's a supply of drugs, is because there is a demand. Cutting off the supply will only create an impetus for a new supply. We need to focus on the human element, the reasons why people desire the drugs in the first place. Look at the socio-economic factors contributing to which people take what drugs and a lot is revealed.
Psychopathic big-stick-brandishing is a temporary solution that only exacerbates the problem.
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"And sending "every single citizen through rehab programs" isn't desired. What's desired is keeping them from needing the program in the first place."
This seems like an admirable idea, unless you're a human being with feelings and decide to acknowledge all classes of society. You might approach this from the viewpoint that these peoples' lives would be better without the use of drugs - more often than not, people take the drugs because their lives are so bleak in the first place. If you remove the current illegal drugs from circulation, people who don't like to experience the world as it currently is (those who were born into a state of disadvantage, those who do the jobs you don't want to) will be just as motivated to either create their own drugs, or take existing legal ones (alcohol, pharmaceuticals)which are just as dangerous, if not more so.
The only reason there's a supply of drugs, is because there is a demand. Cutting off the supply will only create an impetus for a new supply. We need to focus on the human element, the reasons why people desire the drugs in the first place. Look at the socio-economic factors contributing to which people take what drugs and a lot is revealed.
Psychopathic big-stick-brandishing is a temporary solution that only exacerbates the problem.