On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:11:08 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
>> In article >,
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>
>>> You're right. Welfare is the cure for drug dealing.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> <lol> Good insight Nancy!
>
> Another thing that sounds good in theory. You will probably find that
> most people that end up strung out on drugs got into them because they
> already had too much spare time on their hands. Most people who are
> gainfully employed and have other activities on the side don't have time
> for getting wasted.

you seriously need to get out mo

Drug Rehab Need By Employment

* Current employment status also correlated with addiction treatment
need in 2000. An estimated 7.7 percent of unemployed adults aged 18 or
older needed addiction treatment for illicit drugs, while only 1.6 percent
of full-time employed adults needed addiction treatment for an illicit drug
problem.
* Most of the adult population needing addiction treatment for an
illicit drug problem in 2000 was employed. Of the estimated 3.6 million
persons aged 18 or older who needed addiction treatment, 1.9 million were
employed full time and 0.6 million were employed part time. Thus, an
estimated 70 percent of adults needing addiction treatment were employed.
An estimated 359,000 unemployed adults needed addiction treatment.

<http://www.drug-rehab-referral.org/drug_rehab_addiction_treatment.html>

your pal,
blake