Unfortunately, my experience is from personal use during 1979, 1980, between the age of 18-19, and usage by my first and 2nd ex-husbands. When I was married at 18, my 1st ex and I lived with the Chapter President of the Hell's Angels in San Jose. He had a "lab" in his basement. Like many other people, I was self medicating, and was fortunate that I found myself pregnant and quit cold turkey. I don't know why I thought it was important to stop, but I did, and I know that decision saved my life. I was probably just weeks from possibly shooting the drug, instead of snorting, had a pretty good "death wish going on", and it was real easy to do another line when I started coming down because the drug was free.
1st ex was a Marine, multi felon, who's forte was burglary. He vacillated between Heroin and Meth/Crank. He would stake out a home for days in advance before he hit it. His MO was signature, and so well thought out, LE only knew that the same individual was doing these specific burglaries. The only time he got caught is when he got sloppy. He got sloppy when he was strung out or spun out. A multi agency task force in Phoenix and the surrounding areas "cleared" over 150 break ins over an 18 month period when they agreed to drop charges on a strong arm drug burn if he drove around with them and pointed out the houses he hit, what was taken and where the items went. One detective commented that my ex kept the alarm system companies booming.
Blah. I have to believe there's a reason why I lived through this. Live, learn, and don't repeat the same mistakes.:facepalm: Just going to mention I've been "clean" for over 33 years, been there, done that....
ZA shows planning with the attempted abduction of Sullivan, learns from his mistakes, re-evaluates his "plans", and makes the necessary changes. He's been using meth for so long that he knows what his tolerance is and can function. There's a damn good possibility he drew maps and noted times when people came and went from HB's home, part of the "busy work" of a tweaker.
This explains the pearl theft. It was well thought out, probably had nothing pointing in his direction, but either someone "snitched" to get a reduced sentence on an unrelated charge, or ZA's crew went outside their territory, angered another "crew", and someone dropped a "dime" on him.
^ that's my view of that situation, I think with the multiple charges ZA acquired over many years, he had friends in "High Places" and for the most part, was untouchable^
Does that make sense?