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school students, Karson explained.
"I began doing lectures and talking
to people in groups or individually. I
told them from beginning to end about
Tim's life," he said.
Tim's mother Diane Rothman said,
"I'm hoping Jeff's program will educate
people on the differences between drugs
and how each drug can alter your brain.
I want people to know that a smart, nice
person can totally change as a result of
drugs."
Karson has done lectures at MSU's
Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and Delta
Gamma and Alpha Phi sororities. The
organization is volunteer-based.
"I would rather have the organiza-
tions I lecture to donate money to a
drug prevention organization," Karson
said. "I'm not in it for the money at
all. I'm in it to share with everyone
what could happen to your life if you
become addicted to drugs and how
even though you may not be using
drugs, it still affects you, too."
Diane Rothman said, "The danger
of drugs is that if you take a little too
much, it can kill you. If you get a bad
batch, it can kill you. It kills you in 30
seconds; there's no time to call 9-1-1.
Heroin changes your brain. It turns
wonderful people, like it did my son,
into someone completely different.
"At one point, the only thing Tim
cared about was drugs, and he did
anything to get it. It changed his whole
outlook on life, and kids in today's
generation need to understand that,"
she added.
Karson explained, "It doesn't matter
where you're from or where your par-
ents are from. The choices you make
are what matters. Tim was a very lucky
person, and everyone loved him. He
came from a wonderful family. I am
here to tell his story to show the impact
of what doing drugs at such a young
age leads to.
"I think it's important for people in
the Jewish community to recognize
the problem and not run away from it.
Even if it's only for one person, we all
need to help," Karson said.
Diane Rothman added, "The sad-
dest thing for me is how the drug
changed Tim. After a while, it's the
drug speaking, not the person. It's like
Tim became possessed by heroin, and
we were unable to help him because
he didn't want to help himself. We did
everything we possibly could for Tim.
He was a wonderful son, and we miss
him dearly." @
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Organization, contact Jeff Karson at
karsonje@gmaiLcom. Senior Leslie Spector
of Farmington Hills attends MSU.
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