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September 4, 2009 in STORIES & LETTERS | Leave a comment
“Any parent who has had to confront a child’s drug abuse is familiar with the drawn-out agony of despair, impotence, fear, grief and, while there is still a chance for recovery, hope. That last is perhaps the most ravaging of all. Hope means you aren’t yet numb enough, not yet at peace with the chaos into which life has spilled, not yet so defeated and angry that you’re unable to try to help. Julie Myerson, a novelist living in London and the mother of three children, was finally forced to throw her eldest son out of the house — and change the locks — when his cannabis habit so deranged him that he became physically violent. He was 17 years old.” Read the rest of the review here Article from New York Times, “Reefer Madness” by Dominque Browning.
September 4, 2009 in DRUGS & ADDICTION, DRUGS & EDUCATION | Leave a comment
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