Does Prosecution Help Addicts?
Dallas defense lawyer Robert Guest has an interview today with a substance abuse treatment expert. Here’s #8 from the Q&A:
8. Does prosecution help addicts?
I think that if a person doesn’t learn from his past transgressions, and still doesn’t recognize the harm he or she is doing to themselves and others than you need to instill justice on that person to protect them as well as society from being harmed by their actions. But again, prosecuting an addict could also entail effective rehabilitation so that the person does not continue to make the same mistakes.
“You need to instill justice on that person.”
Sadly, that’s actually the best reason to support incarcerating addicts: “Because it’s for their own good”. Sometimes I think people either believe that 'logic' or they don’t; and there’s not much use trying to convince someone that the phrase…
You need to instill justice on that person
…doesn’t make sense - if they aren't immediately offended by the notion.
