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R. J. Field was born addicted to heroin. Meth, alcohol and cocaine were also in his system. His eyesight is so bad he has trouble reading, one hand doesn’t work well, and he has trouble walking. But there’s nothing wrong with his mind - at 16 years old he’s on his way to Sacramento to introduce a bill that will help prevent his situation from happening to others.  If passed into law, welfare recipients will be drug tested, if they test positive they will be offered addiction help and, if they refuse, their benefits will be withdrawn.

I would think that would be enough incentive to actually make some changes.

R. J. is from Riverside, Calfornia. He’s not the only Californian taking a strong stand against drugs. Alan Autry, mayor of Fresno, held a summit yesterday to get support for his mission for a drug free Fresno. He is concerned about prescription drugs as well as the street drugs that hurt R. J.

There’s plenty of addiction help services around. With people like R. J. and Autry taking a stand, we may see some change.