"Drug addicts : do they need help or punishment?" debate on this topic.
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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.
Right off the bat, we have to realize that a prison is not a drug-free environment. Not by any means. A drug rehab is. But a prison is a melting pot of different types of drugs and contraband. This is the corrupt condition of U.S. prisons that we often do not hear about. Corrupt prison guards smuggle drugs in for prisoners and non-corrupt prison guards then bust those prisoners, adding to the prisoners’ sentence. It just hits the reset button and starts the vicious cycle all over again.
And even when prison inmates get out of jail, recidivism rates are extremely high. The key problem is, prisons do not free drug addicts from their addictions. When addict/inmates get out of prison, they are just as likely to go back to using drugs and alcohol as they were before they went to prison.
A prison cell and overall time spent in jail does not address why addiction is happening to the person in the first place.
Answer:
They need help!
Explanation:
Because According to Sree Anatta they need help rather than punishment. Punishments make them more stubborn and rigid to deny facts and practicality. Proper treatment with dignity is very important for them to get healed, that`s why we have to help them not to punish.