Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20151017:07:07:00
>> reporter: it can be hard to stay clean here. drugs and alcohol are a staple on the drag. among the drag rats, marijuana is widely used. but alcohol is the most common and most readily available vice. >> drinking is a big pastime of ours, i guess. of me and my friends, anyway. we usually are somewhere drinking, if not, panhandling, you can usually find us somewhere drinking. >> reporter: nikki's friend, dave, says the drag rats drink as a means of coping. >> sometimes, you know, when we are there, you see a bunch of street kids drinking. they aren't always happy. we get rained on, snowed on....
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