Why Are Drug Addicts Stigmatized?
Question by Abielle: Why are drug addicts stigmatized?
If society promotes humanism and drug users are caught, they are treated like criminals. Why must a drug addict go to jail, instead of receiving counseling? It’s obvious they turn to drugs to escape something. The greatest irony is that alcohol is legal and it is a drug that makes you very aggressive and dangerous, whereas most illegal drugs do not.
I don’t care about drug merchants, as I know any illegal business is more profitable than a legal one.
Best answer:
Answer by Kaz
Alcohol was illegal at one time and the crime was surrounding it is similar to the crime it is today with drugs.
The irony to me is that we don’t make the connection
Answer by Arturo
i think that drug addicts shouldn’t be sent to jail they should get counseling because they use drugs to get away from things and sending them to jail is giving them another reasone to use drugs
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