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Originally Posted by sicone
Property crime or theft. Pick one and stick with it. Can you also please link me to these statistics, Thanks.
Btw, may I ask what the issue is that you have with me that makes you feel like trolling me as of late?
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In all honesty I just pulled that stat out of my ass but really, it just seems to make sense to me that most people who aren't addicts have other methods of getting food, shelter, etc. Being an addict, most don't keep a job and they have a very expensive addiction. They are going to have to resort to crime sooner or later.
Here are a couple links about. This article is from England but says that 80% of theft is drug related one way or another.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1405...-of-theft.html
Wikipedia says something very different, though they are most likely using very different metrics by asking inmates..
"In 2004, 17% of U.S. State prisoners and 18% of Federal inmates said they committed their current offense to obtain money for drugs. These percentages represent a slight increase for Federal prisoners (16% in 1997) and a slight decrease for State prisoners (19% in 1997)."
Anyways, I have no problems with you. You just happened to be the one of the last replies and I disagreed with your opinion. It was this thread and one other one. Thats it. No need to get all bent out of shape. From what I see of your posts you're a cool guy. No issues..