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Treatment Alone Won't Stop Heroin Epidemic
Politicians want to send drug users to rehab, not jail. If only it were that simple.
They need tough love.
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Democratic and Republican politicians seem to agree on one big issue: government policy needs to be reformed to offer alternatives to incarceration for drug offenders.
“We need to start treating people in this country, not jailing them,” Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie told a town meeting in New Hampshire recently. The video of the New Jersey governor’s remarks went viral.