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Eirikur_da_Czech t1_iuf3zsu wrote

This reminds me of when London started paying people to bring in rat tails as an attempt to control the rat problem.

The rat problem got worse of course because people started breeding rats for the tails.

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bland_jalapeno t1_iufb0lj wrote

I would be very surprised if people started an expensive crack addiction just to get paid money to stop it.

Something like this has already been successful keeping vets off the booze.

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Eirikur_da_Czech t1_iufw4r1 wrote

How are they supposed to prove that they’re addicted? Show their receipts? You think someone desperate wouldn’t do crack to get money?

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Wiley_Applebottom t1_iuhdmlm wrote

So I guess the solution for those literally desperate enough to start a life destroying habit just to make enough money to survive is to just let them die. Right bucko?

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