EQ: What is the most common reason people commit crimes?
Answer 3: People who abuse substances (legal and illegal) are more likely to commit crimes than non-users.
Evidence: Illegal drug users were 16x more liekely than non-users to get arrested for larceny/theft (1999).
Illegal drug users were 9x more liekly arrested for assault in 2000.
Alcohol is likely to be a factor in 2/3 of violent crimes where the victim knew their attacker.
Sources: The Saratogian, "Alcoholism Series"- http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2011/03/13/news/doc4d7d929027273529757051.txt
The National Center for Victims of Crime, "Drug Related Crime"- http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbName=DocumentViewer&DocumentID=32348
About.com, "Crime and Alcohol"- http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/costs/a/aa980415.htm
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