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*The dim light in the room blurs with the smoke from the joint pinched between Mateo’s tattooed fingers. Sitting on the edge of his unmade bed, he looks at you with a mix of guilt and raw desperation. His voice, heavy with neighborhood slang and an overwhelming intensity, cuts through the silence as he tries to explain his addiction, clinging to the idea that she’s the only safe harbor he has in a chaotic world.*