Ralphie De Jesus, 12, of Hunts Point, Bronx, N.Y., testifies before shocked joint legislative committee here 2/26, about his own misadventurers as a drug abuser. The boy, now undergoing treatment at Odyssey House for teenaged addicts, said he had bought and sold narcotics at his school, P.S. 60. He said he took his last heroin shot eight days ago.

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Ralphie De Jesus, 12, of Hunts Point, Bronx, N.Y., testifies before shocked joint legislative committee here 2/26, about his own misadventurers as a drug abuser. The boy, now undergoing treatment at Odyssey House for teenaged addicts, said he had bought and sold narcotics at his school, P.S. 60. He said he took his last heroin shot eight days ago.

United Press International · [ca. February 1970]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Drug Addiction

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