Or maybe existing addicts feel more comfortable being identified now that they aren't going to jail?
"drugs are a personal choice"
In the US, drugs are not a personal choice. I'm fine with you saying you don't want to pay for treatment of drug users, but why are so many of those same people (I don't know if you are in this category) so willing to pay to incarcerate them, which has been shown to have much, much higher costs, both in terms of actual dollars and in term of social costs?
The fact that I can go to jail for a small amount of weed says drugs are absolutely not a personal choice. But you are right, they should be.
Or maybe existing addicts feel more comfortable being identified now that they aren't going to jail?
"drugs are a personal choice"
In the US, drugs are not a personal choice. I'm fine with you saying you don't want to pay for treatment of drug users, but why are so many of those same people (I don't know if you are in this category) so willing to pay to incarcerate them, which has been shown to have much, much higher costs, both in terms of actual dollars and in term of social costs?
The fact that I can go to jail for a small amount of weed says drugs are absolutely not a personal choice. But you are right, they should be.