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How concerned should Christians be about drug addiction?

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OldWiseGuy said:
Drug interdiction is taking the toys away from misbehaving kids when it's more effective to take the misbehaving kids away from their toys. Much cheaper too. It costs three times as much to interdict a kilo of cocaine or heroin as it does to keep an addict away from a kilo.
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If we know exactly what makes some kids misbehave with toys, maybe we can fix that misbehavior. And even better, if we can identify early who has the tendency to misbehave, perhaps we could intervene before it’s a big problem.
 
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jayem said:
If we know exactly what makes some kids misbehave with toys, maybe we can fix that misbehavior. And even better, if we can identify early who has the tendency to misbehave, perhaps we could intervene before it’s a big problem.
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Too expensive and much too invasive. We can't deprive people of their freedom because of what we think they might do, in the case of substance abuse.
 
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jayem said:
And even better, if we can identify early who has the tendency to misbehave, perhaps we could intervene before it’s a big problem.
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Well that includes everybody not raised right. even those ones will tend to misbehave if not raised correctly.
 
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OldWiseGuy said:
No, but people should be made aware of what they could have done to solve their problems.
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What they could have done might not help anyone.
What they can do today, as the permanent disciples testify, and show, people,
may help a few at least.
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We can't wait for everyone to get religion. We have to enforce the laws.
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< shrugs > Already shown that the ones who could do that if they wanted to, don't, because of the money (and who knows, maybe many other reasons also?) , and that's not going to change until Jesus returns.
 
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yeshuaslavejeff said:
What they could have done might not help anyone.
What they can do today, as the permanent disciples testify, and show, people,
may help a few at least.

< shrugs > Already shown that the ones who could do that if they wanted to, don't, because of the money (and who knows, maybe many other reasons also?) , and that's not going to change until Jesus returns.
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If your calling is genuine you don't worry about money.
God kept me in the poorhouse for many years. Didn't bother me a bit but my wife couldn't take it, and left the church, then left me.
 
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Strathos said:
Maybe we should treat drug addition as more of an illness rather than a crime.
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Exactly. That's why addicts should be ordered by the court (committed) into long-term treatment facilities.
 
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renniks said:
I'm for enforcing laws. I'm not sure that forcing people to get help actually works, though.
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Professional help would be available but not compulsory, although remaining in a secured facility for recovery would be (it takes at least a year to physically recover from drug addiction).
 
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