Horrifying, direct, honest ... a must read for every person - of ANY age group!

LEFTY introduces you to the treacherous world of the ghetto...to the vicious cycle of drug addiction and crime...and to the one Person who offers anyone--no matter how far gone--a dramatic turning point and a whole new tomorrow.

''What was I going to do? Where was I going to go? Who wanted a junkie?''

Every choice made by 18 year-old Lefty Taggart hinged on one fact: he had an insatiable need for heroin. Teaming up with another streetwise junkie named Oscar, he entered the double-dealing world of drug connections, theft schemes, and fugitives fleeing the law.

Minutes before undercover policemen closed in on Lefty and Oscar, two compassionate strangers offered them a chance to stop running -- and start life all over again. For one of them, however, it turned out to be too late.