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Tom Loewy: After 14 months and dozens of interviews, what I learned writing "The Last Rung"
Let's cut right to the chase. In four words I can sum up what I learned after spending 14 months talking to chronically unhoused persons, sex workers, overdose survivors, those battling substance use disorders, and people engaged in low-level criminal …