“Addiction is a disease, not a disgrace,” said a brave Sue DeCosta, a keynote speaker who stood at the podium with her husband Mike to talk to educators. Just nine days before, they had lost their 29-year-old son Michael to the disease after years of struggle. Photo by El-Wise Noisette.

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