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My cousin used to work for a government contractor. One day he tested positive for crack cocaine. His wife, myself, in fact the entire family thought it was crazy: there was no way my cousin smoked CRACK! He looked so normal. He held a very high-paying white collar job. Surely the test was wrong.

My family rallied behind my cousin. We all chipped in to pay his attorney. His co-workers collected money, too. Everyone in his community, from our local pastor to his high school football coach wrote letters to the company telling them they must be wrong, there was no way in a million years Frank could be smoking CRACK. This guy would never touch a cigarette!

Well - guess what? About two months later, after my cousin had run up $45,000 in legal bills and enlisted virtually everyone he ever knew to stand up and testify to his character.... guess what happened? He was busted by an undercover cop trying to buy crack. They have his car on film. He was arrested on the scene.

Every single person who stood up for him -- including his wife -- was humiliated. He had not only lied to them all, he had fooled them all. Every one, even the people closest to him had no inkling that he was smoking crack and had been for the better part of three years.

What am I saying? I don't think anyone except Jeremy Mayfield knows the truth. The people who say he is a druggie don't know, but even more than that: the people who say he is innocent don't know. I bet even his wife doesn't know the truth. A human's capacity to hide information can be overwhelming. No one should assume Mayfield is innocent because he looks normal, acts normal, or doesn't fit some sterotype of a drugged-out lunatic. If my cousin can smoke crack for three straight years and function in his high-level job and have no one know, then a guy with Mayfield's means would have no problem getting high on meth. Anyone who says differently hasn't dealt with a real addict.