Originally posted by Gunslinger
"But seriously, does this actually work? Trying to reduce crime by giving away free drugs and no encouragment to stop. OR, is it give the refuse of society a safe place to kill themselves.
Yeah, of course it would work.
Junkies don't steal stuff for the thrill of it. They'd rather be smacked-out 24/7. Stealing is a pain in the arse. A complication. But a neccessary complication.
But then there's guys like me (and there are thousands of us) who just couldn't go to quite that extreme. It was a giant hassle. Every day was a giant hassle. Finally, enough becomes enough.
But if I were in that free drug giveaway program, you can bet yer arse I'd be on smack at this very moment. Like what... ya gonna refuse that? No fricken way.
It's ridiculous.
Junkies gotta hit a wall. One way or another. Be it death, be it jail, be it a way out. They all have to hit a wall.
Because living on heroin is
already death. So ultimately, free drugs keep them in death, in order to save them from it?
No. This has probably got a lot more to do with property crime and property taxes than anything else. They're writing the junkies off.
Maybe, for society's sake, that's the way to go. I dunno. But thank god this program didn't happen when I was active. Missed it by just a year. Dodged a bullet there.