"You should not have to be arrested in order to access treatment, and treatment should not happen under the threat of incarceration."
-Lindsay Lasalle of @DrugPolicyOrg during our summit's first panel on the Intersection of Behavioral Health and the Criminal Legal System in SF
It shouldn’t, but almost always does require incentive because the human nervous system adapts to environments, even horrific ones. Humans get stuck in patterns they repeat most frequently. If you are making policy, you should understand human adaptive behaviors. Maybe resign ?