Health hazards like tobacco and alcohol products are legally sold by the State and the victims of this abuse are a problem for all societies. So it is argued that it is the job of the State to rehabilitate these addicts as the latter is the primary beneficiary by way of tax.
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How far do you agree or disagree with this?
It is a fact that tobacco and alcoholic products are sold legally and many people get addicted to the same. But when it comes to rehabilitating the addicted, it is difficult for the State to do the whole job. However, the State has to provide medical care to its people. First of all, we need to understand that State endorses the sales of these substances because it is a huge source or revenue and the manufacturing and marketing of these products is as old as human habits, and we cannot simply stop it. Secondly, no State is asking its citizens to buy these health hazards. Rather all harmful products carry messages on them warning the user that it is harmful. Still people use them and become addicts. Therefore, the state cannot be held fully responsible for the rehabilitation of substance abuse victims. 85 wordsHowever, we cannot forget the fact that the revenue the government collects is used for the welfare of the people. When it comes to the welfare of the State, it is the welfare of the citizens. So those who are suffering from addiction related ailments need to be given adequate medical care. It may not be complete rehabilitation; rather it is a kind of alleviating the problems of those addicts who, either out of habit or compulsion, contribute much of their earnings in the form of tax to the State. And the State may partly fund general rehabilitation centres, not ones exclusively for addicts.

The above points make me conclude that rehabilitation of addicts is not the sole responsibility of the State alone. Rather people need to be intelligent and thereby stay away from addiction-prone habits and tendencies. No state can fully rehabilitate addicts.

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