Dehumanization of Vulnerable Populations
As people in recovery, we know that forcing people to comply with specific types of treatment rarely works. Treatment courts often have incredibly high “success” while people are in the program but those successes drop dramatically when there is no longer the threat of incarceration. Effective, long term recovery must be freely chosen and individualized. I wrote about this back in August but it is in the forefront of my mind again because of some statements made by a candidate for city commission in Great Falls.
