![]() ![]() Reports that summarize research and are written to be accessible to a general public present a much more alarming view of heavy marijuana use that undermines Rob’s rationalization that he could control his use. Rob visited him often in prison, starting as a child and continuing until his father’s death in prison when Rob was in his mid twenties. When Rob was seven, his father was arrested and charged with murder (perhaps falsely), convicted and incarcerated. She skimped and saved enough to later send Rob to private Catholic middle and high schools. His mother’s family, with whom Rob lived, was a supportive and stable force, as his mother worked long hours at low paying jobs. Although his parent’s didn’t live together and the father was a drug dealer, Rob’s father was heavily involved with his only child, especially with tutoring the boy who had inherited his razor sharp mind. Robert Peace grew up in East Orange, New Jersey, bordering on Newark. Hobbs, a White writer, relates the life and death of Rob Peace, his Black roommate at Yale from 1998 until their graduation in 2002, and their continuing relationship until Peace’s murder in 2011. ![]() ![]() Even though it is not about adoption it speaks to issues I have raised in previous posts here, especially the biological and environmental components of addiction and the difficulties in crossing race and class boundaries. Jeff Hobbs has written a beautiful and compelling memoir. ![]()
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