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From: mark@dmcnh.UUCP (Mark Roddy)
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Subject: Re: junkies non productive?
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Date: Tue, 30-Sep-86 09:32:15 EDT
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> 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.