Fixin’ Up Hoopa: It Takes a Village-and a Determined Tribe-to Battle Addiction

This story was filed on September 12, 2012

Jane judged drug addicts harshly until she became one in her late 20s. Suffering from depression and mourning a lifestyle she worked hard to maintain for her family, she began smoking meth. Three years into her addiction, she continues on…read more

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