mark@dmcnh.UUCP (Mark Roddy) (09/30/86)
> Even if the drug were cheap, a junkie would not be able to function in a > 'normal' society! The only way to implement this idea is to treat the > junkie as a welfare case and supply free drugs (Netherlands is doing > this now). > If I'm reading this correctly, the implication here is that heroin addicts loll about all day in a drug induced stupor. Hmmm. A good habit costs about $300 bucks a day, $2100 bucks a week, $109,200 a year. If the junkie is stealing to support his or her habit, getting $0.10 per dollar, thats over a million dollars of stolen goods a year. Junkies are extremely productive.