I'm helping a 15 year old in treatment for addiction and concurrent disorders in the US. This young one is committed to abstinence. When she returns to Toronto there are absolutely no sober/clean housing options for her. What about her rights - her right to choose not to use. It seems that it is everyone's inherent right to use drugs yet what about the ones who'd rather not, can't we support them too -- especially when they are under the age of 16?
Am I the only one that thinks that this is topsy turvy? Why are we, as taxpayers paying for drug using housing for our young teens and tweens? Seems to me that we are failing them.
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