We don't have any in my neck of the woods, so even one would be an improvement. 
As for drugs and alcohol, in the eight and a half years I've been in the program, I've seen so many lives torn apart, "jails, institutions and death," as they say. And these are folks who made an effort to get help. Drugs have become much more prevalent, but it seems to always start and end with alcohol. 
I have to go to another wake tomorrow. I've known quite a few people who have died. This wake is for the mother of a girl I know, but the last time I went to the same place, it was for a lady who died from only alcohol. She just couldn't stop. 
I realize most people can drink with no problem. They can have a glass of wine on New Year's and not think about it until the next year. But the rate of alcohol and drug abuse is growing so fast that treatment - because we know incarceration is no solution - needs to be a priority. 
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