Defendant should not have been scored 15 points for the risk factor of a history of drug or alcohol abuse. Absent any reliable evidence of defendant's use of drugs or alcohol at the time of the offense, and in light of insufficient evidence that he abused drugs or alcohol repeatedly in the past, the People failed to prove that factor by clear and convincing evidence (see People v Weber,
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