This seems like a good idea to me. It saves the state money, reduces the many problems due to homeless alcoholics, and it lets those are beyond hope live out their last few years with as little suffering as possible given their situations.
My only reservation is that if they became a lot more common, then some people might make less of an effort to recover, and some people who might have recovered after their sixth failed attempt to stop drinking might not succeed in quitting. That seems like a worthwhile risk though given the huge benefits, and perhaps there would be ways to decrease that risk.
This seems like a good idea to me. It saves the state money, reduces the many problems due to homeless alcoholics, and it lets those are beyond hope live out their last few years with as little suffering as possible given their situations.
My only reservation is that if they became a lot more common, then some people might make less of an effort to recover, and some people who might have recovered after their sixth failed attempt to stop drinking might not succeed in quitting. That seems like a worthwhile risk though given the huge benefits, and perhaps there would be ways to decrease that risk.