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Drug Use From Age 11 Shocks Rural Iowa Readers
An eighteen year old, identified as Lee, narrates a long arc of drug use starting at age 11 with marijuana and downers, progressing through acid, speed, heroin, cocaine, and methadone. He details moves between Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls, and California, sale and distribution of drugs, criminal activity, and multiple stays in treatment and jail, ending after a stint in the Reality 10 program in April 1974.
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