Should we put people in jail for obesity, smoking addiction or drinking addiction?
The societal costs of these diseases is bigger than any of the illegal drugs.
Handling of ill people should be the job of the health care system, not punitive system.
The societal costs of these diseases is bigger than any of the illegal drugs.
Handling of ill people should be the job of the health care system, not punitive system.
Also, alcohol is one of the worst drugs, but it is legal.
> In the early 2000s, the monetary cost of alcohol-related crime in the United States alone has been estimated at over $205 billion, more than twice the economic cost of all other drug-related crimes.
> Alcohol is implicated in one quarter of all homicides globally.
> A report released in 2001 showed that 80% of violent crime committed by young people in Estonia has been linked to alcohol abuse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol-related_crime
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