NO TO TAX DOLLARS FOR ADDICTS

Re "Wrong system to change addicts," Jan. 9 letter:

I agree with the letter writer that people are infuriated when crimes
are committed against their family members by drug users and dealers.
If they are doing crimes, they should be incarcerated. Drug use is no
excuse for doing crimes. The best way to put drug dealers out of
business is not to purchase their merchandise.

It is amazing to me that with all of the information that has been
put out about what drugs can do to people and their families, that
people continue to use them. No, I have never touched an illegal drug
in my life.

As far as the government's funding substance-abuse-cure treatment
centers, I disagree. I don't want any of my tax dollars used to cure
a drug addict. The government didn't force addicts to use drugs; why
should the government spend money to attempt to cure them when a lot
of addicts will go right back to using drugs after treatment?

Carl Spradling

Palm Coast