To the editor:

I am writing this letter to thank you for the stories you are publishing on addiction in your paper. As a step-parent of a child who struggles with addiction problems, I am so pleased to see the cover being yanked off this elephant.

Addiction in Parry Sound is real and many families are dealing with it in one way or another. Neighbourhoods are being over-run with crack houses and dealers and no one seems to want to talk about it.

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