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Drug addiction is slavery. It is only the addicted individual who can get himself or herself out of it. Drug and alcohol addiction reduced Margaret Wanjiru to a petty thief and dragged her into sex work. As she journeys through recovery, she recounts how her children suffered because of her actions. She tells her story…
I am a mother of three; I have lived in sex-work and have been actively using drugs since I was a young girl. My children knew their mother was addicted to drugs; they understood well when I was craving for a puff and would whisper to each other anytime they saw me inhaling, smoking or injecting myself with heroin, “after that jab, I am sure she will get us something to eat,” my older son would tell the others. His assumption wasn’t always true though because I would often buy drugs to quench my morning craving instead of their breakfast. ....

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