The fundamental path, I guess, as you've spoken about in Alberta, is suffering and death. Sure, that's cheap. Everybody in every ministry of health in every province would like that because it doesn't cost them any money.
The treatment plan has a fundamental flaw in it. That fundamental flaw is that there's only one treatment and it works for everybody, and there's no recidivism, meaning that when you have substance use disorder, you get your treatment and you go home. That's the end of the story. You become a part of society, and you contribute like everybody else. This is a false argument. There is no such thing.
How many people do you know who can quit caffeine, cigarettes or alcohol on the first try and never go back? For sure, there are some people who do it, but the overwhelming majority relapse and then they go through treatment again. If that's your approach, you're building a foundation that's fundamentally flawed.
The second problem with that approach is that we currently have trouble staffing acute care hospitals with enough health care workers. Where are you going to get people to staff these addiction centres? Is there some magical vending machine that I'm not aware of that has the doctors, nurses, social workers and pharmacists who are going to man these addiction centres and follow patients when they fall off the wagon? There isn't one that I can see.
If that's your fundamental approach, you're doomed to fail and you'll fail miserably.