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Good.
There needs to be real solutions. Forced rehab, and publicly owned housing, and nobody from the city to the state to the federal level are talking about those things.
We need the equivalent of a GI Bill to entice people to become healthcare workers that will have to deal with basically some of the worst elements of human society - and anyone arguing that point has probably never had an addict for a sibling or parent. Addicts need love, but some addicts are hard to spend any time around. Alcohol and meth top that hard-to-be-around category.
Is forced rehab a thing? Can you rehab someone who isn't willing? Genuine question.
Unfortunately no, which is why most of them end up spiralling out of control and committing suicide or ending up on the street.