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A letter..They are human. They were Kids..
http://www.commonsnews.org/site/site05/story.php?articleno=11929&page=1#.VlHI9l88LCT
Great article, an excerpt:
They are human. They were kids.
Before my friends were junkies, they were your kid's best friend, left wing on the soccer team, homecoming queen. By the time most people can admit they have a problem, they are already in handcuffs. There needs to be a change in the way people look at and treat addicts.
MOLLY OSOWSKI, age 20, originally wrote this piece as a letter to the DA and the judge for her ex-boyfriend’s case.
Originally published in The Commons issue #299 (Wednesday, April 1, 2015). This story appeared on page D1.
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I HAVE BEEN LUCKY to be able to keep a safe enough distance from heroin, but many people I grew up with were not so fortunate. Most of my friends got hooked on dope when they were 15, 16, and 17 years old.
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