05-31-2010, 08:34 PM
(05-31-2010, 07:30 PM)srijantje Wrote: by giving away free heroin you might actually decrease crime because the junkies don't have to rob people anymore to get their fix,might make a big differencei agree. though by giving it away you make it more accessible and open up a healthcare system to enormous costs. re rehabilitation etc. sometimes if you can remove a person from the supply he has better chance of not re using. if an addict knows he can get heroin free. then he's never going to quit for good. crimes committed by heroin addicts are at best, soft crimes. ie, shop lifting, stealing from family etc. (in the uk at least) instead of giving heroin away you pay each person who gives up a dealer 1000 dollars on conviction. you stop addicts getting gear and get the heroin dealers off the street. if you amputate the hands of convicted drug dealers you get very few drug dealers coming up through the ranks. one hand for the first offense etc. 2nd hand, then testicles. drug dealing won't actually last that long as an illegal activity. if you're going to deal with it. then deal with it.