AHS Views

One of the consequences of drug addiction - and it doesn’t matter whether your problem is heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, prescription drugs, and so on - is getting hooked up with an unsavory crowd. Here’s the story of a 20-year-old man who committed two burglaries to pay off a drug debt. It wasn’t much money - about $2,500 - but this guy is now going to be in prison for three years. Will he get the addiction help he needs while he’s in there?

This story is not only a lesson in drugs leading to crime, it’s also a lesson on drugs that we some people think of as harmless leading to drugs that are anything but - he started at 11 years old with marijuana, and went from therre to ecstasy, speed, cocaine and heroin. At the time he was arrested he was on a prescription drug. Addiction would obviously describe his problem - and it apparently doesn’t matter which drug he’s taking.

Drug addiction treatment is available in many prisons. Let’s hope he gets it, otherwise he’ll need  addiction help services when he gets out - or he’s likely to end up back in prison again, at best.