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Jonathan Torgovnik Stern Magazine
"Methamphetamine epidemic in America"


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  Josh (18, Sandy's son) blowing smoke rings at one and a half years old Ethan (Teri's son) at grandmother Donna's house. Josh blames boredom as the main reason he and his friends started using Meth. After taking Meth he often spends many hours staring at the TV. Josh recently graduated from high school and was offered a full collage scholarship based on his artistic drawing talent, but refused it due to his addiction to Meth. His older brother Jonathan is a rapper and tries to get him to stop taking the drug without success. Ethan's father is in jail serving a very long sentence relating to Meth drugs charges, Ethan and his older brother Ivan are exposed to this vicious cycle of drugs the family is in, resulting in them being neglected and ignored. As a result of the entire family abusing drugs, they are also not fed much and forgotten.
 

 

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