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To: pocotrader who wrote (1572041)	11/15/2025 7:52:42 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	3 Recommendations Recommended By Goose94 pocotrader Wharf Rat Respond to of 1586543

I'm really sorry to hear that, Poco. The thing about treating the addicts is that it's a real societal problem. I personally believe that some addicts need to be forced into treatment, because like you said, they're not going to want it. That's also why I don't believe in safe injection sites or needle exchange programs. Two things that won't work, however: 1) Attacking the supply chains. That was what the War on Drugs was all about. (Yes, there was also the Nancy Reagan "Just Say No" campaign, but we can see how little effect that had.) 2) Legalization. This COULD work if the resources that went into law enforcement got diverted into addiction treatment. But here in America, it never works that way because advocates of legalization don't want to do anything. Instead, they prefer to let the addicts just suffer the consequences of their own actions. Oregon tried that, only to end up with a spike up in crime. They recently reversed course because it turns out drug addiction isn't exactly a "victimless" crime. Tenchusatsu