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I am speaking out about the increase of drug activity on Ala Wai Boulevard as of late.
I am an ex-drug user who fell into the easy escape from a reality that was too much to bear without proper guidance from a professional. It is all too easy to ask for what you want and — bam! — you can have it. You can literally walk down the Ala Wai and see people who are high and looking for trouble. I wish we could have a greater police presence on the walkway.
After working so hard to recover, it’s sad that all it would take is one moment of weakness to lose it all again.
I am very aware that my recovery is up to me, but they say if you need help to ask for it. So that’s what I am doing — asking for help from the police.
Daniel Spangle
Waikiki
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