Talk about a really hopeless addict...

[Archae]

This woman deserves a life sentence, as is, drunks in jail will make their own booze by hiding plastic bags with fruit in them, letting the fruit ferment for a time.

The first day they get out of jail? (I've seen this myself...)
Straight to a bar.

Woman charged in fatal Md. crash after 92 mini liquor bottles found in car

DUNDALK, Md. (WMAR/CNN) - A 30-year-old woman, who allegedly admitted to drinking for hours prior to the accident, is charged in a deadly crash that took the life of a Maryland teenager.

Jennifer Jones, 30, is charged with negligent manslaughter in the death of 15-year-old Trinity Brooks. The suspect allegedly drove onto a sidewalk Tuesday evening and hit Brooks just blocks from her Dundalk, Maryland, home.

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According to the documents, officers found heroin in Jones’ jacket and heard her say “I’m drunk” an hour and a half after the crash.

During a search of her rental car, officers found two empty bottles of Fireball whiskey, 92 mini bottles of liquor and marijuana.

https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Woman-charged-in-fatal-Md-crash-after-92-mini-liquor-bottles-found-in-car-565941871.html

And I just read about two women who let a baby swallow heroin, and just shrugged it off until the baby died.

https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Mother-grandmother-charged-in-alleged-fatal-overdose-of-9-month-old-boy-in-Maryland-565941231.html

[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. I hope they rot in prison

And have to face the cause of thier addiction, may the people they killed torment them for the rest of thier miserable days.

[Karadeniz]

2. Can prison not help them?

[Codeine]

3. Sure, by keeping them there.

Addicts rarely stop for good. The best one can hope is that they are contained.

[MurrayDelph]

5. I had a cousin who was an addict

He had been in and out of prison all his life. At my uncle's funeral I didn't recognize him; even though he was almost ten years younger than I was, he looked 20 years older. It was the last time I saw him.

The day my uncle was buried, he broke into my uncle's house, forged his signature on a check, and bought enough drugs that he died from them.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. There is a difference between malice and disease.

Addiction is a disease.

Period.

The vitriolic responses evidenced in this thread are among the reasons why addicts have so much difficulty finding help. Many addicts are unable to afford the $30-$40-$50K for some for-profit addiction treatment that works no better than what the government offers. The difference is in availability. If you have money you get treated.

I am in no way defending the terrible things mentioned in this thread.