I am finding your thinking most unusual. I have always thought of murder as the ultimate evil, although the sexual abuse of children surely follows close behind. The world is full of people who have tried drugs. While I do agree that drugs can cause lots of societal damage, only murder deliberately takes a person from this world forever, leaving an irreplaceable loss. However, it is that character of EA that is at issue. What is it that you see in him that would make it less shameful for him to murder someone than use cocaine?
Certainly you have a right to a differing opinion, but what is it that you see in EA that you think matches your own psyche when it comes to rating drugs as worse than murder?
Please know cocaine and crack are completely different things, and there is a huge difference. He specifically asked for rock "CRACK".
I see nothing in EA that matches my psyche so please don't but words in my mouth, what I SAID which you quoted was I would rather go to jail for murder (if i know I was innocent, because i think the justice system works) than admit to using crack.
I believe he thinks his parents believe him that he didn't commit murder, however, I don't think they would accept him if they knew he was doing drugs.