Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Blog #13 - Jail or Drug Treatment
Personally, I believe that a drug treatment facility is much better than jail. One, because inmates still can get drugs when they are in jail; this is no secret to anyone. Two, because if they are going to be forced out of society for a little while they may as well do their best to try to get sober before they are let out. I have a friend whose husband was forced into a drug program and he will tell you himself that it was the best thing the system could have done for him.
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I agree with you. There is no questions that our society should not substitute prison for drug rehab. From our text we learn that successful rehab includes counseling, accountability, and medical treatment. Without medical treatment many addicts, due to years of abuse, cannot attain their health or physical freedom from the drugs that have ruined their body. I know judges send many drug addicted individuals straight to jail, thinking this is the hardest and best thing for them when in reality they are only propagating their addiction by not helping them to truly come clean, mentally or physically. We see drug addicts in the hospital often and their abuse of drugs has reeked havoc on their bodies and minds, causing little chance for them to ever really get over what has happened to their bodies. I think you are right about the prison system being full of drugs. Like everything else in our society – when there is a will there is a way.
I agree. There must be a mandatory treatment component to the jail sentence. Why waste time putting them in jail again later when you could save that room for pedophiles and such criminals (who also may need treatment as well, by the way, but are more dangerous). Addiction can be a physical disease with a genetic causation sometimes. The addicts need treatment to overcome the vicious cycle.
I agree that some people can still get a hold of drugs whether it is by visitors, mail, or jail employees. It is not hard at all to get "contraband items" so there is not a real fight against the addiction. Another reason is as bad as they crave or want the drug they will be willing to do anything and everything to get it.
A mandatory drug treatment would be better for them to find the inner strength to want to kick the habit and ways of fighting the urge to go back to it at anytime.
That is interesting, because in most cases you can not get a person to stop an addiction unless they are ready. The process of making them go to treatment sounds like an effective way to get them to stop using and take some time to think about what they are doing. On the other hand, by going to treatment unwillingly, the person may not have let go the “demons” that cause them to get on the substance in the first place.
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