Four years ago, 18-year-old Joseph Romer was one of many teenagers helping to restore an anti-drug mural on Tennessee and Monterey streets. But he wouldn’t get clean until this summer.

“All I cared about was money and drugs,” Romer said on Thursday, one of several youth recounting their struggles with addiction at Vallejo High School.

The event was the culmination of the anti-drug Red Ribbon Week events put on by Youth and Family Services, Fighting Back Partnership and Vallejo Together.

via Vallejo youths recall battle with drug addiction at Red Ribbon event.