When he was only 14, Jorge Lopez suffered tragic loss when his friends were in a car accident. In the aftermath of the crash, while his friends were still recovering in the hospital, he was desperate to make his grief disappear. After some persuasion from a trusted adult, he turned to drugs. Uncuffed producer Joshua Hellon interviewed Jorge about the crash that started it all, and the moment when he decided to break the cycle.
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