Yes, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue
No it should not be classed as a health issue. They have done an illegal thing by taking drugs they…
Substance abuse or addiction, regardless of the legality of the substance, is oftentimes a symptom of, or a coping mechanism for, a past trauma, and a traumatised mind does not rationalise the way a healthy mind does. Jailing someone for substance abuse isn’t going to fix them because the root of the problem isn’t the addiction/abuse, it’s the trauma and trauma = mental health issue.
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