I certainly did, in my job as a corrections officer at the jail. I'll agree that more often than not, the alcoholics were arrested for petit larceny, usually for stealing Listerine (the drink of choice for many of them). But an alcoholic needs his drink, even more than a drug addict needs his drugs, and they'll do whatever they have to in order to get it.

But the example is still good, even if the crime is different. If a drunk steals a bottle of Listerine, is it the Listerine's fault?

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