There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay inflated black market prices.

Daniel Stephen "Danny" Sugerman (October 11 1954 – January 5 2005) was the second manager of the Los Angeles-based rock band The Doors and wrote several books about Jim Morrison and The Doors including No One Here Gets Out Alive (co-authored with Jerry Hopkins) and the autobiography Wonderland Avenue. He helped film director Oliver Stone with the production of the 1991 movie The Doors.