Do not try this today
Different time
Different upbringing
70’s Fort Lauderdale-Miami drug scene
Father
Raised during Great Depression
World War II
Served under General Patton
Marching
Helping
Liberate
Europe
He loved his boy
One day
He put a hatchet on the kitchen table
Told his teenage son
“If you ever touch drugs I will chop your hands off”
I have never used illegal drugs in my life
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Note: This is not parenting advice
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