[Luis Antonio]

Ok, there ya go.

A friend of my family is dying because of alcoholics. He's stubborn and wont give up on drinking. Public service will treat him because by force of the law they cant deny him treatment. Its the fourth time he goes to the hospital, they stuck a thing in his arm, he is drained out from liquid that accumulates on his belly and, after every doctor says he's about to die, the man gets up again and, after a month of treatment, he starts drinking all over again.

Is it the optimal thing? No.

Denying him treatment is a solution? yes, if you're a lawier and you want to sue the hospital, the union and everyone else who saw him on the hospital wing.

So, what do we do? Its his choice. He chooses death - so he's gonna receive treatment, its gonna be expensive. Good thing he's on the news. He's an <insert offensive word here> who's complaining, maybe young people will look at him and see how dumb he is and will avoid starting smoking in the first place. But he has free will, the drug he uses is commercially accepted, and the doctor has nothing to do with it if he wants to keep smoking.