“stock of rehab centers would skyrocket”
Maybe. would the taxpayers have to pay for rehab? directly? via increased insurance rates? Yeah, then I guess the stock would.
I also suppose the drugs would be of higher quality like the pot is in Colorado now.
Not sure in the near term — in the longer term, churches might get involved with this as voluntary ministries.
Also even if it were to be treated as tax burden (though again I would see a natural opening for church ministries) — we wouldn’t be paying for as much police and jails any more. Or lawyers, for that matter. Lawyers are another gift that keep on giving. Reasons for vast carve outs into our constitutional rights would also disappear.
Nowhere here am I saying the slightest thing in favor of getting addicted. It sucks, it is antisocial, it can lead to hell if not learned from, it is simply sad. HOWEVER, it doesn’t inherently need to spell a crime wave if dealt with as what it really is, a neon sign indicating that we have a God problem, or rather a walking out on God problem.