U.S. attorney for Southern District of West Virginia says drugs are the root of almost all crime

In this story in the Bluefield paper, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia offers his opinion that drugs are the root cause of almost all crime. A drug enforcement agent added, speaking of drug users, that "These people are lazy and are taking shortcuts . . . . We just can't let these people take shortcuts in life and shortchange the average citizens that want to go to work, have a job, and see their kids go to college."