Socialism

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Because that wasn't what the writeup said. I can only go with what I'm told.

It’s a lot cheaper for society because the addicts commit less crime, they don’t have to spend money on drugs so instead they spend it on things that are more healthy for them so they don’t end up on the hospital as often, they have to take the drugs in special clinics so there’s no chance of them taking an overdose or using dirty needles and spreading diseases among each other, there’s always staff ready to help them if they want to get off the drugs, and it’s a lot more effective way to help more people because addicts come into contact with professionals who want to help them before they even think about getting help themselves.

The description is one of harm mitigation followed up by breaking the people out of addiction with support and trust already in place. If you want people to stop having an addiction and to instead go on to be contributors to society, it helps to keep them alive. Then you introduce them to people they can try and trust who want to help them rather than just piles and piles of shame and gnawing chemical dependency.

It is roughly the same methods as providing a home for the homeless - treat the symptom and once you have that doing better if not great, then go to work on fixing the cause.