KLEIN: We need a new approach to addiction — old models are failing

KLEIN: We need a new approach to addiction — old models are failing

Everywhere you look, the evidence is staring us in the face — our approach to addiction isn’t working. Yet governments keep doubling down on the same strategies: Supervised injection sites, free narcotics, and short-term harm reduction plans that do little to address the root causes. It’s as if we are afraid to say what’s obvious: Addiction requires treatment, structure, and accountability, not more enablers and political experiments.