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Chetwynd The Echo

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Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada

Date

May 18, 2007

Page

8

From Doom to Outreach A Vancouver addict’s path to recovery

Randy Miller, once a downtown Eastside drug addict, survived two near fatal moments and became a spokesman for education. After a life on the streets and a featured subject in the 1999 docu mentary Through A Blue Lens, he entered rehab, rebuilt family ties, and has been clean for over seven years. He speaks to students in Chetwynd about his experiences, hoping to deter youth from drugs.

Chetwynd New Westminster Randy Miller Hollywood Miller Vancouver Vancouver Police Department Mentary

Miller’s descent into street life and drug addiction

Randy Miller recalls high school as a turning point when drugs opened his world. He describes heroin use at Miss New West, rapid withdrawal, and a slide into theft to fund the habit. After 14 years on Vancouver’s skid row, he cut ties with family, lived in squalor, and endured drug-induced psychosis and hospitalizations, even smuggling drugs into a ward. See MILLER, page 9.

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