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Hi Tracy. I still think about your documentary from all those years ago. Never in a million years would I have thought that heroin would become as big of a problem in the New England area. Right now the Maine State Governor seems to think that threatening to revoke the licenses of heroin traffickers will somehow be a deterrent. In other words, no one knows what the hell they're doing to combat this problem. Do you have any advice on how to get our lawmakers to understand the problem?

My cousin died in early February of this year. A week before he did he tried to get help but they told him that they didn't have any detox beds. He'd shot up earlier that morning. Another friend was practically told to go shoot up in her car so that a doctor would take her. It honestly seems like the people in charge of helping addicts have no idea how an addict's brain works. The window of opportunity closes as soon as withdrawal sets in.

Anyway, I want to thank you for all that you do because I know how active you are on the Reddit community. You should google David Zysk (another old friend of mine who was also an advocate) and use him as a reminder that everyone is forever in recovery. I'm sure that he would love that, knowing how big your influence is.

Thank you for your response. I thought that the governor was going to come around because I heard that he put together a task force made up of ex- addicts and other advocates. But then he comes out with this crap. I guess all I can do is continue to write every representative.

Do you enjoy making me feel old?