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Yes, that famously effective policy of involuntary rehab.

Rehab isn't magic - it requires you to really, really, really not want to use drugs anymore.

Which it's worth noting also requires incentives in your life to actually improve it. Kicking someone out of rehab when they're cured with no job prospects, no support network and no home has rather predictable results.

Incentives aren’t effective. It requires a personal want to get off of drugs.

But you’re right, these individuals certainly are getting disincentives.

I think the GP was saying that incentives are a prerequisite for that personal want, not that they're sufficient to prevent relapse.

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