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August 2016, I enrolled in a class called Introduction to Drug Use and Abuse. My major
is Human Resources, so the class was mandatory to take. I was afraid that I would fail because I
did not think that this class would be interesting. My first day, the teacher was going over the
syllabus and had mentioned to the class, that at the end of the semester we would have to turn in
a paper. We either have to interview someone or make a video. I thought the easiest thing for me
was to interview. While the teacher was finishing going over the syllabus, I was focusing on the
interview paper. I started to think about my family members, a lot of them either sold drugs or
was on drugs. I also was thinking of my boyfriend that is currently incarcerated.
After my second class I headed home. On the way, I received a phone call from my
boyfriend. I was still thinking about who am I going to interview for this paper. As I was talking
