Posted on 05/10/2008 7:54:54 PM PDT by DBCJR
Exponential growth in addiction met with a dramatic reduction in supply, creates a situation where a large number of people get sick and desperate. Prices spike as addicts clamor to find the drugs they need so badly. Alternative, and often illegal, methods for raising funds are employed. Progressively risky behavior and criminal associations occur. People lose jobs, lose housing, and lose families, dismantling a network of support systems that are challenging, if not impossible, to rebuild. The magnitude of people potentially involved will send shockwaves through the criminal justice, social services, health care, and criminal justice service delivery systems as we taxpayers foot the bill – especially if we fail to plan a strategy for intervention.
“The magnitude of people potentially involved will send shockwaves through the criminal justice, social services, health care, and criminal justice service delivery systems as we taxpayers foot the bill – especially if we fail to plan a strategy for intervention.”
Here’s a plan: http://www.geocities.com/roo_two/hangmans_noose.gif
If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.
Unfortunately, we pay for the crime too.
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