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Witness says first opioid use was in ninth grade, urges message of hope
Summary
A witness recounted starting opioid use in ninth grade, saying peer pressure and the drug's euphoria made it difficult to stop and urged listeners that "there is hope out there."
A witness said, "The 1st time that I used opioids was in 9th grade," and described starting to fit in with peers and finding the drug's euphoria hard to give up.
The speaker said they began using because of social pressure in high school and that "once you feel that feeling of euphoria, it's it's hard to look back." They closed with an appeal for recovery, saying, "I think it's important that people know that there is hope out there." No further policy proposals, forum details, or next steps were provided in the transcript.
