I don't believe you can support this statement. I believe that it is false. From my experience, most people who get involved with drugs do so in their late teens and early 20's. A great many don't get involved until their 30's. Most drug dealers are users who invite other people to experience their joy and sell the drugs to finance their own habit.
#2 Because after the addict crashes their body, they want the taxpayers to fund their health care for the rest of their lives. Isn't it better to stop the problem in the first place?
This is our problem in self control, not the drug addicts. No one should be coerced to pay for someone else's self inflicted problems. The amount of mony paid for illegal drug caused problems is miniscule compared to that paid for problems caused by the use of alchohol and tobacco, which are small compared to the amount of taxes collected from their sale.
I don't believe you can support this statement. I believe that it is false. From my experience, most people who get involved with drugs do so in their late teens and early 20's. A great many don't get involved until their 30's. Most drug dealers are users who invite other people to experience their joy and sell the drugs to finance their own habit.
#2 Because after the addict crashes their body, they want the taxpayers to fund their health care for the rest of their lives. Isn't it better to stop the problem in the first place?
This is our problem in self control, not the drug addicts. No one should be coerced to pay for someone else's self inflicted problems. The amount of mony paid for illegal drug caused problems is miniscule compared to that paid for problems caused by the use of alchohol and tobacco, which are small compared to the amount of taxes collected from their sale.
Unfortunately the facts show otherwise. Drug addiction, like tobacco addiction is most often aquired in the early teen years. Check DOJ, Mayo, DFAF or other studies. Regarding paying for health costs, you may not agree with it, but Medicare and Medicaid are laws of the land... and their costs are incredible.