[wideawake]

Known any alcohol addicts?

Only two that I am certain of. Neither of them committed violent crimes to feed their addictions, though one was in the nasty habit of shoplifting beer.

[Protagoras]

Neither of them committed violent crimes to feed their addictions, though one was in the nasty habit of shoplifting beer.

Common in Chicago. Street people commit crimes for this purpose daily. Lots of them.

[Know your rights]

Do you doubt that alcohol addicts (and often their families and loved ones) are destroyed by their addiction?

Neither of them committed violent crimes to feed their addictions

Perhaps because alcohol is legal and therefore relatively inexpensive?

[thoughtomator]

That's pretty much my experience with people who do other sorts of drugs as well. Of course, then there's crack, but crack exists because of prohibition. Then there's crystal meth, which I agree is a seriously f-ed up drug.

But what can you do about someone that determined to destroy themselves? Prohibited drugs are hardly the only way to go for people who want to do that... not only is all that stuff available anyway, there's also alcohol, prescribed pharmaceuticals, gambling, violence, suicide, homosexuality, and every other sin known to mankind.

The governing regime doesn't work and I resent being taxed for it.