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Webpage: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/indiana/2017/01/03/s-indiana-heroin-fight-
Pubdate: Fri, 06 Jan 2017
Source: Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY)
Copyright: 2017 The Courier-Journal
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Website: http://www.courier-journal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/97
Author: Madeleine Winer
IN SOUTHERN INDIANA, HEROIN FIGHT GETS PERSONAL
Growing up, Evan Blessett was as an avid soccer player and honor roll
student. He loved skateboarding and played the drums later in his teen
years.
But one role that his dad, Doug, never thought his son would play was one
of a recovering drug addict.
"The thing that gets me is he got past us," Doug Blessett said about his
29-year-old son, who is a counselor at The Healing Place, an addiction
recovery center in Louisville. "When my son went through this, I took it
personally. You think you would see it, and I didn't."
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