Changed — and now gone
He worked at Homeboy Diner, the small cafe on the second floor run by Homeboy Industries, a nonprofit group that provides counseling, tattoo removal and job training for former gang members. When the diner opened two years ago, I wrote about Alex and …
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The voice of experience: Meth is Satan
During the interview, Spengler wore a black T-shirt, leaving uncovered the tattoos on his forearms and the dimpled skin from a skin graft that snakes around his elbow. His left arm represents where he has come … “It's a very addictive substance …
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