I sure like the idea of treatment courts. 65 percent of inmates are addicted to drugs or alcohol.
And living in Alaska, I often wonder what percentage of inmates suffer from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. It's a significant number, that I know.
The idea of legalizing drugs and taxing them is a whole other ball of wax. I personally find it an utterly immoral idea, the government making money from people's addictions. There is a point where these taxes cease to be "sin taxes" (intended to discourage behavior) and turn into "addiction taxes" because the taxes aren't aimed at ending usage of these substances; they're aimed at creating a new revenue stream for government.
And I think government will be just as successful in getting addicts into recovery as I was with my AXH.