True or False: Drug Use in an Addiction, Not a Law Enforcement issue.Jail Time Only Suppresses the Symptoms?
Question by Lou B: True or false: Drug use in an addiction, not a law enforcement issue.Jail time only suppresses the symptoms?
Until drug use is treated as an addiction, it will not go away.
Best answer:
Answer by Dr. Computer
true
Answer by delphi
Very true.
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