Actually there is another option to quit, die or jail.
I know a lot of my contemporaries in their 60s who still do drugs as a social thing in moderation and are still productive, healthy and happy.
They are the ones who didn't abuse to the point of recklessness in their youth and there are millions like them.
Of course, they are still liable to going to jail--to "protect them from themselves"--which seems almost comical after all these years
You are correct, I was thinking of terms of an addict, forgetting that there ARE millions of recreational users who have no problems with addiction. And of course, if a person doesn't want to quit, they won't,education would help to let them know about assistance programs such as AA and NA.
Jack