[from occupied ga]

I remember reading a while back that in China, drug users are FORCIBLY removed from society and given treatment until they give up drugs

When the communists took over they had a bad opium addiction problem. They executed the addicts as well as the suppliers and after a while the problem was not all that severe anymore.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

>They executed the addicts as well as the suppliers and after a while the problem was not all that severe anymore.

This has also been suggested as a solution to poverty, genetic diseases, general discontent etc. It is usually a cure worse than the problem.