So it has been a full week now that my town has been very confused. Rumors have flown about two kids that I graduated with OD’ing on cocaine or heroin (depending on who tells the story). The word in town was that they both were in comas, and one made it, while the other passed away sometime this week. I didn’t want to believe any of this, because rumors sometimes grow out of proportion. At this point though, it is hard not to believe that this story is true. Everyone I have talked to in the class of ’02 has heard some part of this story, and too many away messages reflect the loss. This is truly a sad day for Hall High School. Two good students given every opportunity in the world, throwing it all away for drugs. I was never friends with the two kids, in fact I never really liked them at all, but it still hurts. These are kids my own age, that I grew up with, that are lost. One never to live out the opportunities that we have all been given. While the other, sits in a coma, lost in his own world. Why did this happen? I don’t feel bad for the guys, they made the decision to take the drugs, so they must face their own consequences. Still, it pains me to lose a peer in such a stupid way.I have never understood the *NEED* to do drugs…to find the next high. I guess some people just don’t like what reality presents them with, so they decide to hide in a white cloud, and pretend like everything is okay.RIP DJM. AP please make it.