Stop prison sentences; implement drug rehabilitation for convicted drug addicts

Many people may believe that drug addicts should be given jail time because they commit many crimes, but 3 months in jail and they will be back on the street committing the same crimes. If rehab was offered, they could get better and benefit society.

Addicts sentenced to jail are not being helped physically or mentally and according to the American Corrections Association, the average daily cost per state prison inmate per day in the US is $67.55. State prisons held 253,300 inmates for drug offenses in 2007. That means states spent approximately $17,110,415 per day to imprison drug offenders, or $6,245,301,475 per year.