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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by kevindqc on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:05PM (#16632649)
Well I imagine with this in place, you would get drug tested regularly, and if you fail those tests eventually you would actually go to jail since you would not be respecting what you need to do?
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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by koolba on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:12PM (#16632715)
Failing a test, or more accurately the fear of failing a test, and being cut off from a supply are separate concepts.
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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by kevindqc on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:01PM (#16633607)
That's why I mention sending them to jail if the test is failed. Society gave them a chance and they failed - now they go through the usual process.
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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by sobani on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @06:43AM (#16636878)
Wait, you believe going to jail is the usual process for addiction recovery?
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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by kevindqc on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @11:15AM (#16638721)
No? Someone just mentioned it was an upside when going to jail that would be lost if people don't go to jail.
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