>When an addict reaches that point, they are almost certainly costing society resources. Not just being non-productive, but everything from social services to law enforcement, they are costing the rest of us resources which would be better used as an investment in our collective future. Society has a legitimate interest in the problem.

I won't disagree or agree.

My point is addiction isn't something people can just rationalize themselves out of by sitting down and thinking of a "greater good".