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Good article on Drug Addicts in prison in U.S.

"...Of the 2.3 million inmates in the U.S., more than half have a history of substance abuse and addiction. Not all those inmates are imprisoned on drug-related charges (although drug arrests have been rising steadily since the early 1990s; there were 195,700 arrests in 2007). But in many cases, their crimes, such as burglary, have been committed in the service of feeding their addictions."

READ MORE!
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/29/t...in-prison.html

My son is an addict, and in prison. I can really relate to this. Here is is story:
www.intexasprison.com