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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

The short answer is No.

Drug addicts, alcoholics, smokers………all addicts. All need support and I agree with beechy that taking their cash will only lead to higher drug related crime.

What is it with all these gimmicks at the moment, only the other week we had the harebrained idea from the new housing minister Caroline Flint to put those out of work on the streets as discussed in the thread Work Or Lose Your Council Home

I think that is the point. There is support. They are offered support. They refuse it.

At that point it is suggested that they should lose their benefits. Why should the tax payer continue to fund their habits?

If thry accept the help and support to get off the drugs then by all means continue paying their benefits but if they refuse to accept help to get off the drugs that is their choice but surely they must see that it's a stupid one. Do addicts really want to continue to be addicted? In that case I agree with Grannyclaret that they should not be in charge of children. They want to mess their own lives up then fine, let them. If they have been offered help and refuse to accept it that is up to them. But they should not be financially supported in their habit by the general public out of our taxes and they certainly should not be left to ruin the lives of their children.