You know why we're at this stage?

Because citizens are sick and tired of being abused by criminals, and they're doubly sick of being told they should feel compassion for the people who steal their stuff, break into their businesses, assault them and/or spoil every park and public space.

Sure, we shouldn't do this specifically. But we should do something (housing, healthcare and--this is the unpleasant one--humanely incarcerating people who are an immediate harm to others and themselves) because doing nothing is going to eventually get us an electorate who will vote for Duterte-style methods.

Voluntary treatment sounds terrible to people who's goal is to help addicts, but literally everyone else doesn't care. They just want to stop being victimized, and telling them that it doesn't really work as well, well, it doesn't matter.

What's extra depressing is I'm sure governments won't spend money on this, either, since the problems of drug crime don't really affect rich people, the taxes needed to pay for a solution--housing, healthcare or incarceration--aren't something they'll pay.