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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
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.
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I agree with Willow, in fact the news item was about people who actually go into rehab but don't finish the treatment, I can't remember the exact numbers but I think it was some 180,000 people enter into programs but less than 20, 000 actually finish the course. It is these people who do not finish rehab that may be targetted, because the government are spending millions on these programs each year and if those people do not finish these programs then its just money down the drain.