Bah…put salt in your water and check your blood pressure and maybe eat more apples…
Sarcasm of course.
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Bravo. This is a good thing.
“We find them on the street, we move them from crisis to detox treatment to housing to employment, and ultimately to connecting, reconnecting to communities and to self-sufficiency,” Kennedy said.
“Addiction is about isolation,” said Kennedy, who has been open about his own heroin addiction and recovery. “It’s a disease of isolation. Addicts end up alone. They end their relationships, they lose their jobs. They end up in rooms or jails or institutions or dead. And the ultimate solution to that is reconnecting people to community.”
“We need to not just treat the addict and then put him back into the environment that was making him sick, or contributing … to [their] illness,” Kennedy said. “We need to give [them] some stability.”
He added that the Trump administration would be increasing partnerships with faith-based recovery organizations to that end, making them eligible for addiction-related grants.
“This is a chronic disease, it’s a physical disease, it’s a mental disease, it’s an emotional disease, but above all, it’s a spiritual disease, and we need to recognize that, and faith-based organizations play a critical role, and again, helping people reestablish their connections to community,” said Kennedy.
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Sounds good but I think reconnecting to communities work if it is a different community than the one the addict currently resides in. A recovered addict, placed in a community where they know how to survive, will revert back because it is easier than starting fresh.
Some vocational training followed by relocation with job placement makes a lot more sense. A fresh start where you actually have something to lose.
That does make sense, and enabling is a big deal. But I’m still gonna call this a win. Way better than cancelling vaccination schedules…
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