Drugs My Curse My Savior

By Jemal Omar Gibson and Mr Jemal Omar Gibson

Book Overview

The year is 1969. Chicago's inner city is riddled with drugs, gangs, violent crime, and despair of epidemic proportions. Born to drug addicted parents, Jemal Gibson's options early in life were gang banging, selling drugs, prison, and possibly death, like so many of those who had come before him. These same options, which operate in a cyclical pattern, have been affecting countless families for decades. Jemal, through grit and determination, makes it out by establishing a career in the pharmaceutical industry. Although he physically makes it out of the ghetto, during his ascent up the corporate ladder, his heartstrings are constantly tugged on by his family and friends, who continue to struggle with this deadly epidemic. This memoir is full of heart-wrenching twists and turns of the impact of drugs, both illegal and legal. It is an incredibly intertwined duality of dealing drugs on back streets and Main Street, with bifurcated results. From the emotionally painful depths of a young man's heart comes a roller-coaster ride of a story with a powerful end Foreword by Les Brown

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0983080801
• ISBN13: 9780983080800
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Gibsonwilson Publishers
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"