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"Clearly, Georgia is being killed ...We're on our knees right now."

Edward Kubo Jr.
US Attorney, State of Georgia

Age: 18
Gender: female

i DONT DO METH, BUT i HAVE A BROTHER THAT DOES AND ONE BROTHER THAT USE TO. i DONT REMEMBER ExACTLy WHEN THEy STARTED BECAUSE i WAS AT SUCH A yOUNG AGE, BUT UNTiL THiS DAy {MARCH 30th 2010} ONE OF My BROTHERS iS ON iT. THE OTHER BROTHER OF MiNE iS iN jAiL FOR iT. WHEN HE WAS OUT, HiS WiFE AND HiM WERE SO iNTO iT THAT HE LOST HiS KiDS TO CHiLD PROTECTiVE SERViCES. i THANK GOD THAT TO THiS DAy HE iS CLEAN, EVEN iF HE iS iN jAiL. HiS WiFE HAS BEEN CLEAN FOR A WHiLE ALSO. SHE HAS DEDiCATED HER LiFE TO GOD. BUT My OTHER BROTHER iS A DiFFERENT STORy. HE iS NOW 28 SOON TO BE 29 AND HE iS AN ADDiCT. HE SAyS HE iS NOT BUT WE ALL KNOW HE iS. WHEN HE iS HiGH ON METH, THE WHOLE FAMiLy SUFFERS. i HATE SEEiNG HiS KiDS SUFFER BECAUSE OF HiM. EVEN THOUGH HE iS NOT ViOLENT, i KNOW THAT HE iS HURTiNG US ALL EMOTiONiLy. HE SAyS HE HEARS THiNGS AND HE HAS EVEN BROKEN HiS T.V. BECAUSE HE THROW THE REMOTE AT iT. HE HAS ALSO BROKEN HiS RADiO ON HiS TRUCK BECAUSE HE SAiD HE COULD HEAR VOiCES COMiNG FROM iT. A WHiLE BACK WHEN i WAS yOUNGER, i REMEMBER HE EVEN SHOOT HiS TRUCK. METH HAS REALLy BEEN A BAD PART OF OUR LiFE. My FATHER TRiES AND TRiES TO HELP HiM BUT HE jUST WONT LiSTEN. HE HAS BEEN TO REHAB AND THAT HAS NOT WORKED. i REALLy HOPE THAT ONE DAy HE WiLL REALiZE WHAT METH HAS DONE TO THE WHOLE FAMiLy, i jUST HOPE THAT DAy iS NOT TO LATE. TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE, PLEASE DONT DO METH, iT WiLL DESTROy yOUR FAMiLy!

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