If executed correctly, then jail is a actually good solution for heroin addicts. In jail, they can&#x27;t leave to buy more junk, so they&#x27;ll overcome withdrawals with a 100% success rate. The hard part is staying clean.<p>Heroin use was popular in the Beatnik generation. In the book Junky, William Burroughs describes how had himself jailed voluntarily. Police stations where he was living at the time had a program similar to Gloucester&#x27;s where users would bring in their &quot;works&quot; in exchange for a 21-day lockup without charges.