Sunday, July 29, 2007

The Problem Didn’t Start With Lindsay Lohan......

"...The time has come to stop the sale of slavery to the young..."
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Often times, we look at celebrities and believe that their lives are easy; at least easier than our own lives. When we see celebrities who publicly suffer with some type of addiction, those living outside of the “Hollywood bubble”, are far from sympathetic; “Look at them with all their money; Let their money buy them out of their problems.” We tend to chime in with little remorse while believing that those with fame are somehow more morally corrupt than most.
Drug and substance abuse is a deadly and devastating problem that reaches communities of all types. Common threads of addiction bind together the class of the rich and poor, while strong holding racial an View the rest of this article


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