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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4218479" data-attributes="member: 5412">If they cross the line the law allows, I agree. Petty property theft isn’t a killable offense last time I looked. Addicts should be funneled into treatment programs that teach life skills after treatment. Putting them back on the street without it results in almost 100% recidivism back into addiction. I’m not speaking from a speculative standpoint, but from actually having some relatives that have gone to the depths of hell, finally ending up as complete wrecks unable to help themselves. They got into private in-house treatment programs that put them through the 12 step program to sobriety while working in the job market to pay for their own room and board while getting there. Can’t tell you how many of those meetings I’ve attended in support of them getting a challenge coin to celebrate another milestone in their journey. One screw up, it’s probation. Twice your back out on the street. It’s a very difficult program to get through but the return to drugs/alcohol rate for that facility is very low. Another distant relative has been to prison twice for crimes committed to support his addiction to drugs. We’ve tried to help him but he won’t work after getting out even though we offer work, going back to selling to support the habit, committing crimes to support it, getting caught, and he’s back in jail waiting on transfer to another prison currently. I’ve dealt with addicts for 30 some years. Had my stuff stolen, relatives property stolen and lived through the thousands of lies they tell you. I hate drugs and any thought that addictive drugs should be a personal choice gets under my skin because of all the misery those produce for the addicted and the families that love them.</blockquote>

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