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Crack Cocaine

“I lived with a crack addict for nearly a year. I loved that addict, who was my boyfriend, with all my heart but I couldn’t stick [with] it any more.

“The police stopped and searched me; we were raided at 6 a.m. My ex stole incessantly and couldn’t tear himself away from his pipe.

“I think crack is more evil than heroin — one pipe can be all it takes to turn you into an immoral monster.”
— A.C.

“I had acquired a $2,000-per-week crack cocaine habit and desperately wanted to be free from the chains.”
— Jennifer

“The only thing on my mind was crack cocaine. And if somebody offers you any of it, you’ll jump at it and take it. It’s like offering a starving man a loaf of bread if he walks for miles....

“Things came to a head for me when I’d been smoking constantly for a couple of weeks. One day I just decided I’d had enough — I couldn’t live like this any more. And I tried to commit suicide.

“I’m going to have to try and ght.... I hope my survival instincts kick in.”
— J.W.

“In sixty years I had never done drugs and drank only socially but never to excess. I retired as a successful corporate exec who had put two daughters through college and had earned my retirement. My retirement party was however the beginning of ve years of hell. That was when I was introduced to crack cocaine for the rst time. Over the next ve years, I would lose my home, my wife, all my nancial resources, my health and almost my life. I also spent two years in prison.”
— William

“I was introduced to smoking crack cocaine, and that is when everything stopped functioning. I was out with some people who at that time I considered real close friends. You know, it is true what they say about crack: when you take that rst hit, that high you will never get again.... It ruined me completely. It took total control over me.

“Crack cocaine has ruined my reputation, my self-worth and my self-respect.”
— D.J.

An internal server error has occurred

java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.processRequest(StructuredViewServlet.java:410)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.doGet(StructuredViewServlet.java:535)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:115)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:92)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletFilterChain.doFilter(ServletFilterChain.java:106)
	at org.csi.passthrough.servlet.PtFilter.doFilter(PtFilter.java:428)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewLocaleFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewLocaleFilter.java:325)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewHelperFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewHelperFilter.java:203)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.DomainRedirectFilter.doFilter(DomainRedirectFilter.java:167)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at com.caucho.server.webapp.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:173)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletInvocation.service(ServletInvocation.java:229)
	at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleRequest(HttpRequest.java:274)
	at com.caucho.server.port.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:511)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.runTasks(ThreadPool.java:516)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.run(ThreadPool.java:442)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 20 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:87)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 44 more
Caused by: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.process(Template.java:141)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.loadResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:446)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.getResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:354)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate(RuntimeInstance.java:1400)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:370)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.




The resource did not process correctly
java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewHelperFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewHelperFilter.java:208)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.DomainRedirectFilter.doFilter(DomainRedirectFilter.java:167)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at com.caucho.server.webapp.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:173)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletInvocation.service(ServletInvocation.java:229)
	at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleRequest(HttpRequest.java:274)
	at com.caucho.server.port.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:511)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.runTasks(ThreadPool.java:516)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.run(ThreadPool.java:442)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.processRequest(StructuredViewServlet.java:477)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.doGet(StructuredViewServlet.java:535)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:115)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:92)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletFilterChain.doFilter(ServletFilterChain.java:106)
	at org.csi.passthrough.servlet.PtFilter.doFilter(PtFilter.java:428)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewLocaleFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewLocaleFilter.java:325)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewHelperFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewHelperFilter.java:203)
	... 10 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.processRequest(StructuredViewServlet.java:410)
	... 19 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 20 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:87)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 44 more
Caused by: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.process(Template.java:141)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.loadResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:446)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.getResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:354)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate(RuntimeInstance.java:1400)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:370)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 64 more