Judgment affirmed.
The trial court's decision to permit cross-examination of the defendant on his earlier treatment for drug addiction while prohibiting any questioning about his prior drug conviction, should he choose to take the stand, did not constitute an abuse of discretion. The fact that the charges before the court in the instant case also included drug offenses, thereby presenting "a special risk of impermissible prejudice" (People v Sandoval,
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