Jared Klickstein
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I met smart people out there. I met talented people out there. They are not being helped. They are only being hindered by policy at this point. He's in charge of the fifth largest economy in the world. He's quoted as saying, Clean and sober is one of the biggest damn mistakes this country ever made. It's crazy. People will do what you let them do.
I met smart people out there. I met talented people out there. They are not being helped. They are only being hindered by policy at this point. He's in charge of the fifth largest economy in the world. He's quoted as saying, Clean and sober is one of the biggest damn mistakes this country ever made. It's crazy. People will do what you let them do.
I remember putting the straw to my lips and smoking it and, you know, knowing my mom died from this. A heroin addict will risk his life for heroin. A meth addict will just risk his life for anything. You're like diabolically elevated. I mean, it's evil.
I remember putting the straw to my lips and smoking it and, you know, knowing my mom died from this. A heroin addict will risk his life for heroin. A meth addict will just risk his life for anything. You're like diabolically elevated. I mean, it's evil.
I'm doing great. I'm honored to be here.
I'm doing great. I'm honored to be here.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, I appreciate you having me on. I mean, I'm not an expert on many things, but on these subjects, I know a lot. I know how someone ends up on Skid Row. I know how you get off, and I know all the problems that are happening. Would you mind starting with your story?
Yeah, I appreciate you having me on. I mean, I'm not an expert on many things, but on these subjects, I know a lot. I know how someone ends up on Skid Row. I know how you get off, and I know all the problems that are happening. Would you mind starting with your story?
Yeah, sure. I was born in Boston, Massachusetts. My parents were both heroin addicts. I still had a relatively okay childhood, but... Around the age of eight or nine, they started smoking crack. Crack is very unmanageable. Things got very dark very quickly. Fortunately, I have extended family. I was adopted when I was 12, and I moved to Oakland, California.
Yeah, sure. I was born in Boston, Massachusetts. My parents were both heroin addicts. I still had a relatively okay childhood, but... Around the age of eight or nine, they started smoking crack. Crack is very unmanageable. Things got very dark very quickly. Fortunately, I have extended family. I was adopted when I was 12, and I moved to Oakland, California.
I lived with my aunt and uncle in Oakland who weren't drug addicts, so I had a pretty normal middle school, high school, but probably had a propensity for some kind of abuse, alcohol, drugs. I drank a lot in high school, and You know, I landed at college and OxyContin was really big. You know, this is like 2007, 2008. How old are you, by the way? Right now I'm 35. Okay, 35 years old. 35, yeah.
I lived with my aunt and uncle in Oakland who weren't drug addicts, so I had a pretty normal middle school, high school, but probably had a propensity for some kind of abuse, alcohol, drugs. I drank a lot in high school, and You know, I landed at college and OxyContin was really big. You know, this is like 2007, 2008. How old are you, by the way? Right now I'm 35. Okay, 35 years old. 35, yeah.
So OxyContin's big in, you said 2008, 2009? Yeah, 2007, 2008, Oxycontin's everywhere. First of all, heroin's everywhere. Heroin's on the campus. Like, my friends are doing heroin.
So OxyContin's big in, you said 2008, 2009? Yeah, 2007, 2008, Oxycontin's everywhere. First of all, heroin's everywhere. Heroin's on the campus. Like, my friends are doing heroin.
This is UC Santa Cruz. UC Santa Cruz, they're doing heroin. People were doing heroin, yeah. I was in the art dorm. I don't recommend it.
This is UC Santa Cruz. UC Santa Cruz, they're doing heroin. People were doing heroin, yeah. I was in the art dorm. I don't recommend it.