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Council Member Paladino shares personal experience with drug addiction
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Council Member Vickie Paladino shares her personal experience with drug addiction, recounting her older brother's struggle with heroin addiction from age 15 to 37. She emphasizes the importance of family support in recovery.
- Paladino's brother was a heroin addict for 22 years
- She highlights the role of strong family support in his recovery
- The council member positions herself as someone with firsthand experience in dealing with addiction issues
Vickie Paladino
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There's so many different Right.
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I I I have often said that.
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There's so many different stages of homelessness.
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It's those who just choose to drop out.
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There's those who are drug addicted and can't hold a job.
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And I just wanna say this.
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Back in my day, for lack of a better word, my family member was a heroin addict.
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I've got firsthand experience with dealing with a heroin addict.
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And he was a heroin addict till he was 37 years old.
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He started at age 15.
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This was my older brother.
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He's now gone.
Dr. Mitch Katz
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And so
Vickie Paladino
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And that's okay.
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He lived a good life because he straightened himself out through family like you brought up strong family.
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I was that go to person.
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So I wanna say there's a place in Queens.