Two Teen Addicts
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Length: 00:06:24
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Piece Description
Jeremy interviews Mark about addiction. Listeners hear frank talk about the pull of addiction from recovering addicts. This piece originally aired on Blunt at WMPG in Portland, ME.
Broadcast History
This piece originally aired on Blunt at WMPG in Portland, ME. The show: "Sex and Drugs." The series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out.
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Jonathan Goldstein
Posted on September 30, 2004 at 02:06 PM | Permalink
Review of Two Teen Addicts
Addict has a straight-talking quality that you don’t always hear on the radio. It’s not often you hear an addict come on the airwaves and owe up to the fact that doing drugs is a lot of fun. So when he gets around to the laundry list of problems that his addiction created—no money, strained relationships—you feel that he can be trusted. The interview style is a rapid fire back and forth and the questions are simple, straightforward and skip all the clichés of drug addiction discussion. This would fit in nicely with programming for teens. Smart adolescents will appreciate the b.s. free exchange.