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Lifestyle And Background: Tessie Castillo

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In today’s world we see a lot of crimes that deal with drugs. In this website Tessie Castillo a journalist has talked on the phone with a man named Casper to understand how drug dealers choose their lifestyle. Casper started selling drugs and using them at age fifteen. He would even sell drugs in his highschool parties. Eventually he was arrested and served time in prison. Casper told the journalist Castillo
Once I realized I could do something simple like sell drugs and make money without having to punch a clock or have anyone tell me what to do, that was the lifestyle that I wanted. I wanted to be my own boss (Castillo. 2019).
As we can see he decided to choose this lifestyle of being a drug dealer in order to be his …show more content…

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