I would invite you to think about your comment..."chosen by those who continue to use". This is the misconception that many people have. By the time you are addicted to a drug, your choice is gone. I have watched people I love try and try and try...Yes, it was a choice to start..but the choice to stop is not there unless you have medical help and ongoing treatment, which is very expensive. I belong to a support group online for parents of addicts and I can tell you every single day there is at least one, sometimes more than one Mom writing that her beloved child is dead. If this was any other disease we would be working around the clock to find a solution, but because of our ignorant stigma around drug addiction our kids are dying by the thousands.