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Jessica Martinez Didn’t Quit Drugs Because the Court Made Her

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May 22, 2026
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Jessica Martinez is careful with language.

When she talks about addiction, she doesn’t call it a “mistake.” She calls it what it was—a choice. A bad one. One she willingly made. And one she’s now willing to face honestly.

Her story doesn’t begin with drugs.

It begins with pain.

“I’ve been through a lot of mental and emotional abuse,” she told me. “And physi…

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