Flutterby™! : Rational Choices of Crack Addicts

NY Times: The Rational Choices of Crack Addicts:

When methamphetamine replaced crack as the great drug scourge in the United States, Dr. Hart brought meth addicts into his laboratory for similar experiments — and the results showed similarly rational decisions. He also found that when he raised the alternative reward to $20, every single addict, of meth and crack alike, chose the cash. They knew they wouldn’t receive it until the experiment ended weeks later, but they were still willing to pass up an immediate high.

Yep. There are those few who are truly addicts, but largely addiction is a rational response to negative socioeconomic prospects. Change that, offer hope and prospects and support, and we can actually change society.

Of course then we do away with the whole addiction industry, and that's a huge economic shift.