HappySqurriel on 11 January 2010
| Rath said: This is a bad idea for a couple of reasons. 1) What are these people now going to live off? We're going to have homeless people everywhere begging for money. This also leads to an increase in deaths from exposure and the suchlike. 2) Taking away the money supply of an addict doesn't stop them being an addict. It just means that they will have to find other ways of funding their habits. This probably involves robbing your house. The real solution is in rehabilitation, try and get them off drugs by funding programs for it, give them vouchers instead of cash so its far more difficult for them to spend it on drugs. Everyone loves the indignant solution of 'fuck you, you're spending my tax dollars on drugs so you don't get them anymore' but they don't think of the consequences of doing so. |
The drug users who are heavy enough users to be unable to hold down a steady job are already resorting to crime at a very high level to pay for their habit; and in most cases the amount of money provided by the government is tiny compared to their criminal activity. The increase in criminal activity to support themselves would be negligible, and very few would be forced to live on the street. The drug users who have a smaller problem will have the choice to clean up and/or get a steady job.
