if you’re an addict

that’s not necessarily an affirmative

defense however it can always go into

providing and building a case for your

defense you know being an addict is a

serious thing and being an addict

sometimes results in committing drug

crimes because the key is that you are

looking perhaps for more drugs now if

your crimes are that of distribution and

henceforth then being an addict may not

necessarily save you but it can always

go into the greater picture that an

attorney tries to build as to why

perhaps there is a reason for you have

committing certain crimes