I Lost A Sister And A Brother To Opioid Addiction. I Nearly Lost My Own Life, Too.

Opinion contributor, USA Today: Opinion
Fri, 09/21/2018 - 2:00am

We started using heroin because it was easy to get, but overcoming addiction was the hardest thing I've ever done. Community made it possible.

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