Many drugs are not addictive. Many.
Many abused drugs are legally prescribed. Many.
Your perception of drug abusers being incapable of holding jobs is ludicrous and naive. The Betty Ford clinic wasn't established for welfare recipients. A great many drug abusers are extremely high functioning individuals who knock down major bucks and hold positions of responsibility in the community. Face it, these are the guys who can afford coke and the 'best' drugs.
If it weren't for the increased costs of law enforcement, most street drugs would be much more affordable and wouldn't require theft to support a drug habit.
Alcohol prohibition spawned organized crime. Drug prohibition made it a career path.
It is not naive. I have worked for years in a corporation medical department. I have seen the destruction caused by UNTREATED alcohol addiction. I have processed the total disability claims and worked with the physicians trying to help the families get their addicted one together long enough to see a doctor to get the paperwork done so they can get total disability. By the way - total disability is 50% salary for a period of two years - then review again. They either die or get well. When they qualify for total disability - few if none get well.
This also means they are terminated from employment. If they got well - they do not have a job.
I am sure there are many well off stock brokers smoking coke while advising me how to invest my money. I am sure there are many dentists that are abusers as they drill on my teeth. I am sure every facet of our society has been dragged into the drug culture. For what? A cheap thrill?
Is this the best they can get with their money - a chemical buzz? A high that falsely makes them think they are doing great work, they are creative, they are magnificent?
If this is the best - I would just as soon leave now. There is a lot more to life than a chemical buzz and I want to partake of all of it.
As I have said before - those in the drug culture protest too much. Why do they feel the need to convince others they are ok even though they can't make it through the week without a "fix".
Just be happy. Every doctor visit now finds us wondering if we are really in the hands of a man in control. Every time we have any work done, we will wonder about the "drug status" of this individual I am trusting with my children and family.