Op-Ed: It wasn’t luck that allowed me to become a judge after meth addiction. It was white privilege
I first shot methamphetamine when I was 17. As an abused child in search of aid from trauma and anxiety, I’d turned to liquor at age 12 and had utilised various prescription drugs to excessive before sticking that needle in my arm. In 1979, at age 18, I was arrested for possession of meth and syringes. Figuring out I was a superior college student headed to higher education, devoid of a prior criminal file, the decide reduced the charges to…