Whoever said we were rational?

It is irrational to take the most traumatized, marginalized, and disadvantaged members of our society - crack users - and treat them with such contempt.  This has happened in Canada, not because we are callous and vindictive, but because we have failed to understand addiction and have not been open to other approaches for engagement, care, treatment, and recovery.  Instead of confronting the health and social problems associated with crack use in Canadian cities, we have left this up to law enforcement that continue to fill up jails with people who are addicted and mentally ill.