Quitters - Tonight BBC2 (UK)

[matti_2003]

Tonight on BBC2 at 11.20pm

"Should serial offending drug addicts be jailed or should they be given a chance to change? The government believes rehibilitation is the key, and has earmarled an increase in funding for the future. This hard hitting and at times disturbing documentary follows addicts through th 6 month residential programme at Phonix House treatment centres accross the UK. Marting, aged 26, must get clean or go to jail, 31 year old James faces a up hill struggle with Heroin; and mum of two, Charlie struggles with a crack habbit inherited from her father."

[radagast]

what sort of treatment they receive should depend on what sort of serial offending they have committed
if the offences have all just been possesion charges they should just be counselled to be more careful
if on the other hand they have been beating up old grannies for their pensions they deserve all they get