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Survivor shares his story with First Nation youth
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Saskatchewan Sage
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January 1, 2005
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Youth today face many obstacles and tough decisions in their day-to-day lives. On Dec. 16 a group of more than 250 students gathered in Yorkton to listen to the words of someone who has been exactly where they are today, and knows the price to be paid when the choices made are the wrong ones.
"I lived the life I talk to the kids about," said Lee Robert Mason, who is with Youth Warrior Programs based in Vancouver. "Drugs, alcohol, crime, gangs, I did it all."
Not everyone who lives the kind of life Mason did manages to survive, but sometimes they're lucky enough to get a wake-up call before it is too late. That's what happened to Mason.
"I spent a lot of time in federal prisons for ...