Current Events > It's been about 1 year since my friend died after abusing drugs for 25 years

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I knew him since high school. He played football in high school, and he got a full ride scholarship for math to a UC. However, he started using meth hardcore and pretty much any other pills and drugs he could get his hands on. He ended up getting arrested and convicted for check fraud.

I don't know all the details except that he was allowed to serve his time on weekends and continue to go to college on his scholarship (he had a lawyer for his case). However, around final exam time, the Judge got pissed at him for some reason that I'm not privy to, and the Judge ordered him to serve the remainder of his time straight, which caused him to miss his final exams. As a result, he lost his scholarship and never got out of our hometown.

He spiraled deeper into drugs and never got out. I got the news that he went into the ICU (again) for sepsis. I finally got confirmation that he passed away. It's odd, because I was talking to him just 2 weeks before he died since I still talk to his mom and sister from time to time.

His sister's ex bf also died after decades of abusing meth and other drugs. His body was found underneath a bridge in our hometown last summer. She found a picture of the three of us plus one other friend. That other friend and I are the last two standing from that picture.

Don't do drugs, kids.