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  All this talk about how users are victims is ridiculous and, quite frankly, infantile - what about the crimes committed by users to further their habit?
  
  The links between drug use and crime are clearly established, Home Office figures for 2010-11 state that around three-quarters of crack and heroin users interviewed claim they commit crime to feed their habit. The NHS quotes figures that suggest drug addicts commit between a third and a half of all acquisitive crime. On top of this there is the level of domestic abuse caused as a result of drug use, along with drug related violence and sex crimes.
  
  Last year, in broad daylight outside the Sports Centre, I faced down a gang of nine 20-somethings who were 'high'. A knife was produced and threats issued - Police attended and arrested them, but the CPS let the ringleaders off with warnings and community service. Justice eh? Would you want your elderly mother/father, girlfriend/wife or, god forbid, child on the receiving end?
  
  Good to see that a reporter from the Dover Express condones this activity - responsible journalism in action Jamie?

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