Here's how science works: you collect data, use it to determine what's effective, then you tell the politicians so they can implement a solution. Most of us would consider giving free heroin to people a bad thing. What we consider it is completely irrelevant because it's based on our emotional reaction.
If the data shows that this approach is effective, especially if it's more effective than what you're currently doing, that's what you do.
The only thing that matters here is: does it work?