The drug addict is ill too.Yes he should never have taken drugs but obviously he is suffering for his own mistakes. Somehow we've got to find a way to get addicts off drugs permanently, will power isn't enough. Yesterday a man came to my door selling tea towels etc. He straight away told me he had been in prison (didn't say what for) and that the selling was part of his rehabilitation. Apparently, not long after he started the job, he was run over by a taxi and was in hospital for weeks.He showed me the scars. Now he's back at work and he should be getting compensation which hopefully will set him up for the future. I had no reason to doubt him, he seemed like a nice bloke. Cost me £40 though. I now have a lint remover,reusuable, a wind up torch and a laundry basket (the type you can get in cheap shops for about £1.99. Still I'd rather give to him than to the Big Issue seller in our local town who sits on a chair outside M & S, looking well fed.She has a mobile and lots of warm clothes and rugs and seems to have visits from family (presumably) regularly. I don't think I'm in favour of the Big Issue idea, I'm sure there are much better was of helping homeless?? people. I wait to be shot down in flames!