They will use till they die.
If the do good ears don’t provide enough the junkies will still go out and steal to meet their habit
Right, so it may actually be cheaper for a city to house these H addicts and even provide them their dope than to repeatedly give them ambulance rides to the hospital, short term rehabs, deal with the costs of their theiving, etc.
Unless you’re willing to just them die in the gutter, they have to be dealt with in some way. Certainly the law enforcement approach hasn’t been very productive.
I still don’t understand what causes people to start using opiates recreationally. I can understand people who get hooked on opiate painkillers provided as treatment for pain, but other than those, why would anyone start this stuff? Do they think they’re different than everyone else? “Oh, I won’t get hooked.” Although, I suppose everyone doesn’t get hooked (some probably don’t like the feeling of an opiate “high”), anymore than everyone who drinks ends up an alcoholic.