re: Did any of your childhood/high school friends grow up to be criminals?

I had it both ways

Some became criminals, and some became cops. I hung out with both but never went all in with the drug side which probably saved my life. Many did not peg me making it past 18 and the rest of that crowd is now either dead or messed up for life. One just recently died in jail after killing 3 people. Drugs totally f*ck*d up their life. Same with another one who died a year ago. Heroin OD but pretty sure they never did major jail time. They started with booze as a teenager and went through all the rest later on. Third one wound up so messed up they needed a caregiver by 40 and was smart when young but now operates around an IQ of 60 or 80. Very sad.