Some people think that drug addicts should be treated like criminals and sent to jail, while others believe that they should be treated like patients and sent to hospital

Some would argue that people who are addicted to drugs should go to jail because they have broken the law, while others say that they are sick and should be taken care of in hospital. While sentencing them to a term in prison is the quick and easy solution, I believe that it is better to be compassionate and help

them

people in general

they

get better in hospital. On the one hand, custodial sentences

provides

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provide

a short term solution to the

drugs

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drug

problem. By locking up addicts the government can take them off the streets and they believe that

this

will stop them using narcotics and

also

causing any harm to others.

For example

, in the United

states

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies

States

someone caught with even a small amount of heroine is likely to be locked up for at least a year.

However

,

i

refers to the speaker or writer

I

believe that

this

does not solve the actual problem because

drug

addicts can gain access to drugs while in

prisonand

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prison and

will still be hooked upon release.

On the other hand

, helping

drug

addicts kick their habit under medical supervision is thought to reduce the number of

addits

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

addicts

audits

adults

in the long term. By treating addiction as a disease and the person with compassion, the root cause can be addressed and that person can eventually become free from drugs.

For example

, in Switzerland heroine addicts are given

free heroine

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the free heroine

by the doctors until they are ready to stop using the

drug

and

this

has resulted in

drug

related crime falling by 80%. I believe

this

methosd

a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

method

is preferable because addiction is not a disease and it benefits both the individual and

societyas

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society as

a whole. In conclusion,

although

throwing addicts in jail might get them off the streets for a few years, it does not treat the actual problem and

that is

why it is more important to help them get off drugs in a medical facility. It is recommended that more governments follow

this

logic and bring in more forward thinking initiatives.