'He'S Gone Forever': A Somerville Family Looks Back on Years of Addiction

'He's gone forever': A Somerville family looks back on years of addiction
By Monica Jimenez. [email protected]. This article is the second in a series about heroin addiction in Somerville. The story of Alex Foster's addiction had no clear beginning and went on for years. Its ending was abrupt. It was 12:30 a.m. Jan. 9 …
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Interview: Jonestown survivor Laura Johnston Kohl
In York, Pa., earlier this year, they asked me what the Black Panther Party was. I don't think anyone ever asked me that … I moved into a place called the Synanon, which is a drug rehab residential community that existed. It was for dope fiends …
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Yough drug symposium attracts full house
A former heroin addict who started smoking marijuana in the eighth grade and abusing prescription painkillers by age 14, Kira Lopresto said she was not cured after undergoing rehab treatment at age 18. Lopresto, an outreach specialist with Greenbriar …
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