[augggh]

How do druggies pay for their habit? Not by working a 40 hr a week job, that's for sure.

Actually, plenty of them do just that.

It's quite possible to maintain a drug addiction while meeting the responsibilities of living in society.

I wouldn't say the majority of drug addicts do, but certainly a measurable percentage.

[supercat]

I wouldn't say the majority of drug addicts do, but certainly a measurable percentage.

A significant percentage, but unfortunately not a measurable one since such people have to avoid detection.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Right, there are some that have been able to walk that tightrope. Sooner or later, you'll fall off and hit bottom. There are different classifications of drug addicts, imo. There are those who snort lines off the bathroom sink at work, keep a bottle of liquor in their desk drawer, and there are those who have had surgical or chronic pain issues. They can become dependent as well.

The problem is that some folks lump them all in the same dumpster.

I'm talking about the ones, and I think these are the ones MI was referring to, that are jobless criminals who end up in the emergency room. OD, shot in a bad drug deal, etc.