Just the other day, as outrage flared up over Biden’s plan to issue free, taxpayer paid for crack pipes to druggies, several TV newsies suggested we put the druggies into a drug rehab program. Good idea. Question: Anyone know how to run a drug rehab program that works? Does 50% of the entering class graduate on time? What percent of graduates are still off drugs one year later? Two years later? How many graduates are holding jobs, like right now, like one year after graduation? Can we get any graduates to join a church? How many graduates have hooked up with a friend? With a friend of the opposite sex? Can we get program graduates hired into the private economy? I have never seen any numbers on any of these questions.
In short, has anyone run a successful drug rehab program? I expect such a program to have failures. But I also want to see some successes. If we don’t have any successes we are just pouring money down the drain. If we can run drug rehab programs that work, it is a better use of tax payer money than passing out free crack pipes.
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