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Put more tax dollars toward criminals' drug/alcohol treatment?
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Put more tax dollars toward criminals' drug/alcohol treatment?

Yes, break the cycle

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No, it's a waste

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Yes, break the cycle

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Sherri Davison
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Sherri Davison

The expense associated with drug addictions are huge. Treatment would be a good investment and a bargain in the long run

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Kale
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Kale

If our tax dollars are already going towards their prison expenses, we might as well pay for rehabilitation instead of continued incarceration.

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Mrs. Steelman
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Mrs. Steelman

People act in desperate ways when they're suffering from addiction. Treatment would likely reduce crime.

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Bob King
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Bob King

Either way you spend the money. Prison, where the person comes out to live in your community with skills you may wish they didn't learn while in prison. Or hopefully successful rehab.

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No, it's a waste

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Sam Ackerman
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Sam Ackerman

Stop rewarding the screw ups. Drug and alcohol use is a chosen action.

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sharder8
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sharder8

What is the current success rate for those that graduate the treatment and don't re-offend within 5 years of completion? Yeah . . . NO!

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