1.Drug addicts: Do they need help or punishment ? write a note on it about 350 to 400 word
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Going from Punishment to Treatment
Fuzzy image of the addict sitting in sunglasses and hoodie.
Drug addiction is a difficult crisis, a harmful habit with a very toxic substance that causes people to act in a way that is completely different from their true nature as individuals. Drug addiction is a tricky beast, a physical and mental crisis but also a criminal habit, as every time a drug addict uses drugs, he or she is breaking the law.
Drugs are truly horrible and they make great people turn sour, but that doesn’t mean that we should punish addicts or treat them like criminals. In fact, we need to help addicts. We need to rehabilitate and treat addicts. We need to assist addicts in overcoming their drug habits and alcohol addictions.
The simple truth is that incarcerating and punishing addicts does not work. Addiction is a crippling and dire crisis in both one’s mind and body, and it’s not something that time spent in a jail cell will fix. We treat addicts like criminals, but an addiction is not a crime. An addiction is a crippling disaster in a person’s life that they need help overcoming.
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Should acts committed due to addiction be criminalized? Do addicts need punishment, or do they need help? The Federal Bureau of Prisons estimates that 48.4 % of their total population is housed due to drug offences. The Vera Institute of Justice released a study in 2012 that found the aggregate cost of prisons in 2010 in the 40 states that participated was $39 billion. The annual average taxpayer cost in these states was $31,286 per inmate. New York State was the most expensive, with an average cost of $60,000 per prison inmate. These figures don’t include healthcare, or legal costs.
With addiction on the rise, the costs would most likely be much higher if calculated today. Addiction is an illness. Some say, a disease. Those of us who have it, aren’t bad people, but we are sick. We don’t intentionally set out to destroy our lives, or the lives of our loved ones. There’s a burning need driving every addict. This need had no conscience, integrity, or morals. This need, is addiction. And sadly, we do commit crimes while in the midst of this malady.
For what it’s worth, here’s my two bits.
I do believe addiction is an illness. I don’t believe however, that people struggling with substance use disorder, should be able to commit crimes while pleading, ‘not my fault, I was under the influence.’ Under the influence or not, if you choose the crime, you should do the time. But perhaps in this case, the time is not best spent in a prison cell.
Rather than spending taxpayers’ dollars on imprisoning those who’ve committed non-violent crimes due to their addiction, why not spend the money on recovery monitoring or treatment? It’s less costly and makes better sense. Rehabilitation has a much higher chance of succeeding, through education and support.
When addicts experience a period of intensive inpatient treatment with appropriate medical and psychiatric care, the results are even higher. But it shouldn’t stop there. If the offender refuses treatment or any other of the services being provided, they go straight to jail. If they walk out, or are discharged from treatment, they go straight to jail. Upon completing treatment they will start their community hours and be on probation for a period of no less than two years. This will also include random urinalysis. And if they test hot, they go straight to jail.
Their community hours should be spent going into prisons, and out on the streets. To keep the newly sober individual safe during this re-entry process, they’ll be escorted by a professional or a person who has years of clean time. The newly recovered addict will practice a program of giving back. Most recovering addicts who give back, stay clean and sober.
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