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January 5, 2010 at 12:10 am
Curing Addiction « DadOnFire
[…] probably wouldn’t argue the impact of personal and public expense of addiction. It is a financial burden to all of us and big dollar treatment centers don’t pick bones about this reality. A “cured addict” is […]
January 8, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Webb’s Criminal Justice Commission; Update « DadOnFire
[…] with immediate diversion of inmates to venues of compulsory treatment. Cost covered by the same funds we already waste. We can look at re-categorizing criminal charges based on successful diversion. Right now, […]
January 10, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Barbara Allen, Jim's Mom
Great, thanks for sharing this. Also see Michael Massing’s book, “The Fix”. Though published in 1998 he gives an investigative reporters look at previous attempts to “fix” the drug problem in the US. Recently Mexico’s President has had to admit failure of his program of using a military “fix” to drugs in his country. See Washington Post article 12/17/09. This issue is far too systemic and complex for any simplistic “fix”. Trite statement, I know. Hugs of gratitude. Barbara