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Old 11-04-2006, 01:53 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
I don't believe half the crimes commited by junkies are when they are high. On smack or crack, that would be near impossible. I think the crimes are committed by junkies who are not high, but want to be, and are trying to gather the price of admission.
Absolutely correct, but I don't have stats.

If misuse of healthcare services is a crime, then I've seen an awful lot of it ... and never when someone is actually high ... usually I get folks when they are at the cranky, irritable, starting to hurt phase of either coming down or withdrawal.
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