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Getting stoned and high addicted to drugs, really is a victimless crime?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) March 7th, 2010

How victimless do you believe drug use it? I have known many people who had/have addicts in the family and been told how they stole from family and others to feed that habit. One woman I knew b/f cooked meth and blew the house up they were renting, luckily she and their 3 boys were away when it happened; he was lucky he wasn’t killed but the explosion seriously jacked him up. Sitting around getting stoned may not have a direct effect on others but it has many indirect effects, theft, safety breeches etc. What if someone is cooking meth in a condo or a duplex? The explosion can kill or injure people who were not involved. How much money is it costing when addicts rip off stores (boosting products to resale cheap) causing the cost to go up? Ripping off cars causing insurance to go up? A victimless crime? Maybe not when they are hitting that bong or sticking that needle in their arm but the by product of their victimless crime seem to produce a lot of victims.

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