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with that kind of stuff.

And therein lies a lot of what

the problem is, in all honesty.

It comes to mind that there is

a significant problem

and that a lot of people

are pretending not to know

that there is a problem.

There's a part of me

that wants to say that

there's no way it can happen

because of our religious beliefs

and the way we raise our kids.

Yeah, there is an issue with

denial in terms of drug abuse.

And it's really hard,

especially in our culture,

especially with

our religious beliefs,

how that's looked down upon,

that kind of...

It's really hard for people,

I'm sure,

that deal

with drug-abuse issues,

because they don't know

how to overcome it,

and they don't know where to go.

They don't want to talk about it

because they feel embarrassed

or guilty.

Well, to be honest with you,

I just got released

from jail today, okay?

I was in jail

on a marijuana charge.

And that was two years ago,

and I just avoided it till now.

While I was in there,

I saw major heroin

and cocaine withdrawals

from probably 40 inmates there.

So I would definitely say

that's a major influence now.

The methadone, the heroin,

the OxyContins.

It is...

That's the thing.

It's a pill thing.

It's not your normal street.

So that's one of

the difficulties.

And I think there's a part of

Utah County that wants to say,

"No.

That doesn't exist."

The reality of it is,

it's horrible here.

Horrible.

Let's see.

This is still Christmas Day.

I had the digital camera,

so I took this picture.

Right after I took that picture,

I saw this little quirk

of a smile.

These pictures are all taken

Christmas Day 2004.

That would be...

...the last Christmas

before she died.

When she was little, it was

just like a rope tied to her.

And everywhere Mom went,

Amelia went.

And...

I don't know

that she ever got over that.

She always understood...

We never had battles

or fights or anything.

We always just, as Michael said,

we just got along beautifully.

She got her driver's license.

We wanted to go buy...

She wanted to get a car.

So we started going

car shopping.

Well, the car she liked

was a little Mazda Protege,

and it had

a 5- speed transmission.

And teaching her how to drive

a manual transmission

was an experience.

It took us

probably a week or two

to get where

she was really comfortable

and felt good about it.

- What?

- Two days.

And I was the one who taught her

how to drive with a stick shift.

Yes.

She caught on very quickly.

But the thing

that was interesting is,

she wrecked that car.

We met in ninth grade.

And we actually...

I remember meeting her.

We were in French class.

And we were...

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