Clive, did I touch a subject very close to your heart mate, have you given up the 'evenings entertainment' for horse rescue, my such a worthy cause, still those that help themselves fine, those that rob,steal, mug and terrorise old people people, just for the buzz, soon as their in prision they just do more, incased in a worse drug enviroment, just sending them further down the road of very little return.
The ideal solution would be to tackle at source,however (No goverenment has the balls for that) so no drugs at all, then the crime boys would just have to go back fags, booze and woman to make they cash.
Not every one who does drugs, does so by choice (dealers, who offer samples to entice, but getting 9 yo kids to sell the stuff at school gates). Needs serious loss adjustment.
Why do you think crime has spiraled over the last 6 years or so?, lack of action/complacey, coppers with too much paper work, the list goes on.
But the fact remains drug dealers cultivate the business, remove the shit, and scum and it all helps, won't cure for sure but goes a long way.
Clive maybe ex-users should be loss-adjusted too, just as smokers are to be?
Here's a true story, about 7 years, some pair of theiving lowlife scum tried stealing one if my cars, on a lovely summers evening, the dog got them, so next nite the came back a poisioned the dog and stole a whole load of car keys, cops couldn't catch a cold round here at the time, so I waited up for over a week, shore a foxes play with horses, they came back, 3 of em' only about 20 or so?, they tried to steal a Jag, but I got one of nice gentleman, and he enjoyed the experiance immencey, the other 2 sped off, lucky I always keep my outdoor pursuits toys at work, I had some dum dum style bolt heads made, like a dead blow, it went straight through both windsreens, and they managed to manouve the car into a tree (such appualing driving), after helping them out, and 'dusting them down', those nice boys in blue arrived and took them away to help with their enquiries. Even managed to helpout those nice policemen as well.
Does rehab work?, if the scum are kept away from total scum, then in most cases yes, however the system has to be adapted to suit this, not sticking them in a drug infested prision.
Quite right too Clive, make em all work it off, then do the same for alcoholics, smokers and druggies, fair all round that way.