THIS ONE-MONTH 1974 SURVEY FOUND THAT DRUG USER COMMIT SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER VIOLENT CRIMES THAN NON-DRUG USERS. THE BULK OF THEIR CRIMES CONSIST OF ACTIONS DESIGNED TO PRODUCE MONEY FOR THEIR DRUG HABIT. MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF ARRESTS FOR DRUG USERS IN THE SAMPLE INVOLVED MONEY-PRODUCING CRIMES, SUCH AS BURGLARY, ROBBERY, AND LARCENY. NON-DRUG USERS IN THE SURVEY HAD COMMITTED NEARLY TWICE AS MANY VIOLENT CRIMES AS DRUG USERS. THE DRUG USERS, HOWEVER, HAD SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PRIOR ARRESTS THAN THE NON-DRUG USERS, AND THEY ALSO HAD MORE ARRESTS IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE STUDY THAN DID THE NON-DRUG USERS....BS