CaractacusPotts@lemmy.caM to Harm reduction & Safe supply@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agoOpinion: Promoting involuntary treatment of drug users is good populist politics, but is it good health care?www.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkOpinion: Promoting involuntary treatment of drug users is good populist politics, but is it good health care?www.theglobeandmail.comCaractacusPotts@lemmy.caM to Harm reduction & Safe supply@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squaresouthsamurailinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoHell, that’s an easy answer. You can’t treat an addict unless they’re willing to quit, period. You can force a person to go to meetings, take therapy, etc, but if they aren’t actually ready and willing to stay clean, it’s a waste.
minus-squareRandomgal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoLiterally learned this 100 years ago. But I guess people have forgotten how hellish Sanatoriums were. Waste of time, money and lives.
Hell, that’s an easy answer. You can’t treat an addict unless they’re willing to quit, period. You can force a person to go to meetings, take therapy, etc, but if they aren’t actually ready and willing to stay clean, it’s a waste.
Literally learned this 100 years ago. But I guess people have forgotten how hellish Sanatoriums were.
Waste of time, money and lives.