The Importance of Honesty

Jimmy was a violent psychopathic thug, but he was good at his job. The one thing that united all the different paramilitary groups was their disdain for drug dealers and drug users. I'm completely and utterly trapped by the question. If I admit that I was looking to buy drugs, I'll be shot, no questions asked. But if I lie and tell him something else, he might think I'm a Republican or that I'm at least working with them. In no fit state to make a rational decision, so I lied. He just sighed and shook his head, walked over to the wall and banged on it three times.