Why should heroin rehabilitation be any different?
Some people would then argue that some drugs are significantly worse than others - that they are significantly more costly to rehabilitate, that their consumption causes more harm etc. Should the costs be calculated average or total?
Let's say that the consumption and / or distribution should be penalized.
What should the punishments be for consumption? How harsh should the punishments be for distribution? Jailing people costs a lot of money too.
How do we create a society where people don't become so easily addicted?
I don’t think that is a function of gov or private healthcare.
I would even argue that states that privatised healthcare have lower quality than those with government healthcare.
Singapore, probably.
Gambling is terrible look at the harm it does it should be banned.
Alcohol is terrible look at the harm it does it should be banned.
Hard drugs - it's their choice leave the users alone, actually open up a place so they can take drugs.
i dont think thats it. one of the main arguments is that people will do the drugs anyway legal or no. But if they get/do them illegally they'll be afraid to seek help when ODing or trying to quit, and they have nowhere safe to do them so they do them anywhere and everywhere. This explains why we both decriminalize and rehab
We let people mainline sugar to the point where they get diabetes[1], but we spend lots of money on holistic treatment to make sure that its manageable is as little medical intervention as possible (continuous blood sugar monitoring is awesome)
Substance abuse is more often than not a symptom of other things.
> On the one hand, we are saying the drugs are not harmful enough to criminalize
I would say that mischaracterises the issue. I would suggest that its a case of lesser of two evils. An entire shadow economy worth billions, with no regulation and no qualms about killing people for profit, and is the cause of most petty crime, or cutting out a money supply to crime, but you need to change the way you spend on support and care of addicts.
[1] its mot complex than that, and also depending on what type you have.