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Former Husker, Simmons, lays it on the line

COLUMBUS -- The 32 teens gathered in Youth for Christ Tuesday laughed dismissively when Ricky Simmons caricatured the marijuana smoker: squint-eyed, giggling, puffing an imaginary joint and grinning widely.

“I used to tell my mom, ‘Man, this don’t do nothing else to you but make you happy and hungry,’” Simmons said.

“And sleepy,” someone from the audience offers. Everyone laughs.

There is less bonhomie as Simmons moved further down his drug history, a frightening toxicology report that included alcohol abuse and a cocaine habit that led to multiple jail visits.

“I’ve done...

 

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