In Vancouver, the “free heroin for addicts” program is preventing heroin addicts from committing crimes to support their habits. Addicts have a hard time keeping jobs and relationships. Addicts steal, break into houses and cars, sell their bodies, and mug tourists to score. The problem with this program is that, while it reduces crime, it won’t help to ween these addicts off using heroin. By providing the drug, the program keeps addicts off the streets, which in turn will prevent them from committing minor street crimes, out of the hospital, etc. Hospitals resources have better uses than treating people whom are uncomplacent, uncooperative and especially when treating them usually results in mounds of debt. By introducing clean use of the drug, the burden placed on hospitals will be lifted and helps overturn their addiction.