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A comment on Massachusetts Chief’s Tack in Drug War: Steer Addicts to Rehab, Not Jail. Parent comment

Re:Massachusetts Chief’s Tack in Drug War: Steer Addicts to ... by pstuart on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:53AM (#10993904)
> If executed correctly

In that case, it would exclude using a jail for a health care issue. You could apply the same logic to helping people lose weight.

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Re:Massachusetts Chief’s Tack in Drug War: Steer Addicts to ... by jkereako on Monday February 01, 2016 @10:19AM (#11012181)
> You could apply the same logic to helping people lose weight.

Indeed you could!

Jail's intention is to correct bad habits, not to punish them.

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