I found out last week that a guy I once hired died of a drug overdose. I didn’t know he was a drug user at the time. While you cannot always tell who has an addiction, I wouldn’t have thought he of all people did. He seemed very clean cut, and told me how he was using the money he made to help out his family, but couldn’t tell that’s where it came from. He gave me great fitness advice, and looked extremely healthy.
Looking at his obituary, he came from an upper middle class family, who weren’t hurt for money. I’m certain all the money I gave him went to his addiction. While I cannot know how someone is going to use the money I give them, I can at least try to not do more harm by not hiring open drug abusers.