Neighbors at a “neighborhood watch” meeting shout me down, asserting “Non-alcoholics commit plenty of crime!”
"Non-alcoholics commit plenty of crime!â€
At a recent neighborhood watch meeting, your faithful correspondent responded to complaints about recovery homes in the neighborhood. "You should be concerned about group recovery homes in your midst"but only if the recovering addicts aren't being tested regularly and randomly, because practicing addicts"not recovering ones"are responsible for most crime."The response, "No they're not! Non-alcoholics commit plenty of crime!"was almost deafening. My neighbors truly had no idea that alcohol and other-drug addicts commit at least 80% and probably closer to 90% of crime.
This is important because parole officers don't test every day. There are plenty of hours between tests, during which addicts can relapse. And 12 hours after an alcoholic hits a blood alcohol level of .18 ...
