Some people think that drug addicts should be treated like criminals and sent to jails, while others believe that they should be treated like patients and sent to hospital. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Some would argue that people who are addicted to
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should go to jail because they have broken the law, while others say that they are sick and should be taken care of in the 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 get better in hospital. On the one hand, custodial sentences provide a short-term solution to the
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problem. By locking up
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the government can take them off the street and they believe that
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will stop them
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narcotics and
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causing any harm to others.
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someone caught with even a small amount of heroin is likely to be locked up for at least a year.
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, I believe that
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does not solve the actual problem because drug
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can gain access to
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while in prison and will be still hooked upon release.
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, helping drug
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kick their habit under medical supervision is thought to reduce the number of
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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
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.
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, in Switzerland heroin
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are given free heroin by doctors until they are ready to stop using the drug and
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has resulted in drug-related crime falling by 80%. I believe
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method is preferable because addiction is a disease and it benefits both the individual and society as a whole. In conclusion,
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throwing
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in jail might get them off the streets for a few years, it does not treat the actual problem and
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why it is more important to help them get off
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in a medical facility.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • disciplinary measures
  • corrective institution
  • chronic health condition
  • psychological support
  • recovery programs
  • recidivism
  • deter
  • holistic healing
  • underlying issues
  • mitigate
  • cycle of drug abuse
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