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Let's go. to get any assistance, i had to take a train, plane, bus and magic carpet to get there. >> i was the only black woman there. the only person that had low income. i felt totally helpless, isolated, depressed and only way that i found some joy is with the drugs. i was a functioning addict. you saw saw jason with me everywhere i went and then i went to jail. when i did finally get clean, that's when things started happening. every single saturday we provide tutoring, nutrition classes, cooking, socialization, life skills. >> you're going to count one, two -- >> three. >> you're not just...

Was the only black person there. the only person that had low income. i felt totally helpless, isolated, depressed. and the only way i found some joy was with the drugs. i was a functioning addict. you still saw jason with me everywhere went, then i went to jail. when i did finally get clean, that's when things started happening. every single saturday we provide tutoring, nutrition classes, cooking, socialization, life skills. >> you're going to count one, two. >> three. >> they're not just going to be taken care of, they're going to be educated as well. we want to provide them that outlet whe...

Background.bo that's not an appropriate way to go about this. i would rather we spend, focus our energy on actual services to save them, to get them off of this drug. >> tucker: exactly. so nicely put. it is difficult. it is complicated. but that's what you do when you care.. and when you don't care, you do exactly what they are doing now. they don't care, do they? >> it's -- i don't want to say none of them care. right? i think there are some people whose hearts are in the right place -- >> tucker: yes, i bet that true. a >> it does seem to be a lazy way.thhy it's just lazier. and i have been...

Focus our energy on actual services to save them, to get them off of this drug. >> tucker: exactly. so nicely put it is difficult. it is complicated. but that's what you do when you care. and when you don't care, you do exactly what they are doing now. they don't care, do they? >> it's -- i don't want to say none of them care. right? i think there are some people whose hearts are in the right place. >> tucker: yes, i bet that true. >> a lazy way. it's just lazier. and i have been trying to think about why some people support this and i vice president really gotten a straight answer. some peopl...

And i used two of three times a day. >> throughout her early 20s lacy continued to use but kept up appearances, quitting only to have her two children. >> would you say you were a functioning addict? >> yes and no. yes because i had my kids, stopped using while i was pregnant. d diapers were changed and dinner was cooked. at night or in the day i was still using. now that i have this much sobriety acou sobriety i could say it's functional but it's really not. >> her boy prend and father of her children got busd for con spierg to distribute meth. his ten year sentence sent her spiraling out of ...