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And many of the people in question are real deadbeats--drunks, addicts, and the like.
As every New York Times reader knows, Rent is a Pulitzer- and Tony-winning "rock opera" version of La Bohème , with a dramatis personae of HIV-positive performance artists, transsexuals, and drug addicts from the East Village, whose cachet was greatly enhanced by the death on the eve of opening of its young composer/lyricist/librettist Jonathan Larson.
Heroin is a drug that can kill you on the very first try, and most heroin addicts didn't start out shooting up with needles--they were smoking pot as teen-agers.
Criminologist John DiIulio claims that inner-city "super-preachers" are the best hope for saving troubled kids from crime: Churchgoing seems to prevent backsliding by recovering drug addicts and former criminals.
An article ridicules the Recovery Channel ridicules the Recovery Channel, a start-up cable venture that will feature drug addicts, alcoholics, and overeaters 24 hours a day.