SPEAK OUT! SPEAK LOUD! Addicted to the Hustle: Why Selling Drugs Was Harder For Me to Quit Than Using Them By Samantha BushikaOctober 15, 20259 Mins Read I never set out to be a drug dealer, let alone an addict. I was smart — a straight-A student,…
SPEAK OUT! SPEAK LOUD! My Life in Jail Taught Me to Fight: Why I Refused to Give Up Even When the System Did By Samantha BushikaOctober 12, 202510 Mins Read For over two decades, I cycled through incarceration and addiction within Vermont’s correctional system. This personal narrative examines how punitive…