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But Willow, I'm trying to get across that this process would be so much cheaper than the current process that people WOULD get the drugs/treatment that you describe as the NHS would then be able to afford them.

People don't go out to become addicts, as per previous posts. I can't answer for sure but I bet a lot of it is the "I can handle it", "I'm a rebel", "look at me I'm hard" type things that start it and then chemical dependancy takes over.

Be honest, if it was free would you take it? Nope, neither would I, neither would the vast majority of people. Keeping them in a manner they have become accustomed? Nope it wouldn't be that either. We need to keep them under control untill they want to come off it, then rehab them. there is no point in trying to force them off as they will just return to it as soon as there is an opportunity.

As I have said, we have been in teh same process of trying to stop supply and locking the users up for hundreds of years and haven't made teh slightest progress, it isn't working, why carry on blindly, A new solution is needed, it may work, it may not(although as you can tell I believe it has more chance) but I'd rather try than keep going with something we know doesn't work