‘Get Well or Die’: A State Senator Reveals His Addiction Battle
Luis Ferré-Sadurní
Originally published in
The New York Times
ALBANY, N.Y. — The startling disclosure came two minutes into a State Capitol news conference.
State Senator Peter Harckham, a first-term Democratic lawmaker, announced his support for legalizing recreational marijuana, but he first acknowledged his own struggles with addiction.
“As someone in recovery myself for many years, I look at it from that lens,” Mr. Harckham said last month.
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