It is often said that rehab centers help drug addicts get clean, many people assume that it is better to lock drug addicts up. While they rarely admit as much society often takes for granted that success rates for drug addicts, who attend rehabs are much higher than the ones that go to prison. Chloe Booker states, "Putting an ice addict in jail won 't help …show more content…
Karachi states, “A certain proportion of those who enter rehab do complete the program, and live drug-free lives for a certain time thereafter”. In other words, Karachi believes that those who go to rehab center and finish the whole program, live a drug-free life. In discussions of drug addicts, one controversial issue has been whether to send drug addicts to prison or rehab. These addicts are searching for help and prison will not be the solution to get them fixed and clean. Karachi interviewed an addict that is attending a rehab center. The addict himself says, “I’m here because my whole life is a mess, I feel hopeless, I need help immediately before it’s too late.” In making that comment, the drug addict urges us that he needs all the help he can get; so he’s going to rehab because he’s desperate for a change, and needs guidance as soon as possible, before he ends up worse than he is and before it’s too late. Drug addiction is a chronic illness that needs a long span of time to recuperate. Drug addiction changes many things in a person. It changes the way you think, your brain in …show more content…
Benefits of detoxification at a professional rehab center states “At rehab centers, there is a constant evaluation and monitoring of the treatment that is being given to the patient. Any medical or mental changes are effectively addressed”. In other words, Benefits of detoxification at a professional rehab center believes that, at rehab centers there is continuous observations, they also track the treatment that they give the drug addicts to assist the drug addicts to a better life. Also at rehab centers, there are positive and more stable environment for the drug addicts to keep them going forward to reach their goal. According to the benefits of detoxification at a professional rehab center, “At rehab centers the chances of reverting are reduced, as each patient is constantly encouraged by the overall environment of the center, motivating them at every nook and corner. It prevents them from the isolation that is the fundamental cause of relapsing”. The essence of the benefits of detoxification at a professional rehab center argument is that at rehab centers, relapsing is minimal, and that the prisoners that join are fortified, and their surroundings that they have around them are inspirational and helpful in coping with their current situation, to move forward into a more positive and drug-free