whoa...
Scared to even touch this. When thinking like this i like to start with the knowns.
Addiction is a morally charged topic. People have vastly different beliefs regarding strategy to address it. People, more often than not, stick by their beliefs even in the face of perfectly logical counterarguments.
Then there is that which you brought up- MOTIVES. oh...so many..
I never loose sight of the fact that addiction treatment and punishment is a huge industry. On a one to one level you can see examples of compassion. But then, you can think about stockholders and ceo's, etc. It gets blurry real fast for me.
Its not just liquor producers and drug cartels getting rich.