I was once told by an addict at my facility during my working years,  that addiction is a self inflicted disease. You become an addict because you choose that path and once you are an addict, you no longer have any control over your life. This inmate was an addict but he stated....."cops saved my life by putting me here". He stated that he got two more years to do and still got the urges but he will make a better set of choices. And that guy never came back. Saw him few years ago...way older but alive and apparently happy. Addiction began with a choice, if given a second chance, addicts still got a choice. Addiction often create thinking error as their normal brain functions misfire. They become a mental handicap and burden to their families and society. Its a madness because you simply can't round up the addicts and put them in special work camps......that may save them but it also against our Constitution.