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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JeffKardde: [QB] Well, First, obviously you're not aware of the situation if you're only argument is Robert Downey Jr., who went against his treatment by working as much as possible so quickly. His own doc said that Downey, Jr. needed a year or two of quiet and not eighteen-hour days on "Ally McBeal" (Well, he said that everyone coming out of Rehab shouldn't be thrown back into high-pressure situations and need to work their way back into normal life). You know what? Even if we had to put 'em through Rehab a couple of times, I'm all for it. No one has yet to show me that locking people up does anything but put more dangerous criminals back on the streets. Besides: Person in jail for one year: $20,000 Person in rehab (let's say...) three times: $16,000 Wow. Taxpayer savings. Hmmm. MAYBE, just MAYBE! we can cut people's taxes if we're not locking people up all the time when there's a cheaper solution. What a concept, I know, I know. All I'm saying is this. Putting people in jail isn't working. Yet we keep doing it, like it's suddenly going to work. Let's try a new way. "Oh, but Robert Downey Jr. failed!!!!" Wow. But how many people kick the habit through rehab? How many through jail? Gee, Omega, I'd like to know why all you can ever says is "where'd you get these numbers, duuuuude?" It's mentioned quite clearly in the article -- if you'd read it, which obviously you didn't -- that the numbers (in regards to the cost of rehab v. incarciration) come from the Legislative Analyst Office of California. Next time please read the article, thank you. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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