Some would argue that people who are addicted to drugs should go to jail because they have broken the law, while others say that they are sick and should be taken care of in hospital. While sentencing them to a term in prison is the quick and easy solution, I believe that it is better to be compassionate and help them get better in hospital.
On the one hand, custodial sentences provide a short term solution to the drugs problem. By locking up addicts the government can take them off the street and they believe that this will stop them using narcotics and also causing any harm to others. For example, in the United States someone caught with even a small amount of heroine is likely to be locked up for a year. However, I believe that this is not solve the actual problem because drug addicts can gain access to drugs while in prison and will be hooked upon release.
On the other hand, helping drug addicts kick their habit under medical supervision is thought to reduce the number of addicts in the long term. By treating addiction as a disease and the person with compassion, the root cause can be addressed and that person can eventually become free from drugs. For example, in Switzerland heroin addicts are given free heroin by doctors until they are ready to stop using the drug and this has resulted in drug related crime falling by 80%. I believe this method is preferable because addiction is a disease and it benefits both the individual and society as a whole.
In conclusion, although throwing addicts in jail might get them off the street for a few years, it does not treat the actual problem and that is why it is more important to help them get off drugs in a medical facility. It is recommended that more governments follow this logic and bring in more forward thinking initiatives.
Some
would argue that
people
who
are addicted
to
drugs
should go to jail
because
they have broken the law, while others say that they are sick and should
be taken
care of in hospital. While sentencing them to a term in prison is the quick and easy solution, I
believe
that it is better to be compassionate and
help
them
get
better in hospital.
On the one hand, custodial sentences provide a short term solution to the
drugs
problem. By locking up
addicts
the
government
can take them off the
street and
they
believe
that this will
stop
them using narcotics and
also
causing any harm to others.
For example
, in the United States someone caught with even a
small
amount of heroine is likely to
be locked
up for a year.
However
, I
believe
that this is not
solve
the actual problem
because
drug
addicts
can gain access to
drugs
while in prison and will
be hooked
upon release.
On the other hand
, helping
drug
addicts
kick their habit under medical supervision is
thought
to
reduce
the number of
addicts
in the long term. By treating addiction as a disease and the person with compassion, the root cause can
be addressed
and that person can
eventually
become free from
drugs
.
For example
, in Switzerland heroin
addicts
are
given
free heroin by doctors until they are ready to
stop
using the
drug
and this has resulted in
drug
related crime falling by 80%. I
believe
this method is preferable
because
addiction is a disease and it benefits both the individual and society as a whole.
In conclusion
, although throwing
addicts
in jail might
get
them off the street for a few years, it does not treat the actual problem and
that is
why it is more
important
to
help
them
get
off
drugs
in a medical facility. It
is recommended
that more
governments
follow this logic and bring in more forward thinking initiatives.
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