A Dangerous Skid Row Hustle-Melissa

Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Melissa, a drug addict on Skid Row. 0:00 Growing Up Without Parents 0:40 A Childhood of Addiction and Abuse 1:40 Abandoned at 12 Years Old 2:22 Cooking Meth at 14 3:53 From Stripper to Young Mother 4:46 Losing Her Son 5:56 Coming to Skid Row 6:27 Surviving on the Streets 8:12 Fentanyl and Meth Addiction 9:18 Her Biggest Regret 11:18 Leaving Skid Row Behind 12:29 The Reality of Skid Row 14:31 Her Greatest Fear 15:05 Life Lessons For ad-free, uncensored videos and plenty of exclusive content please subscribe to the Soft White Underbelly subscription channel at softwhiteunderbelly.com. It's $10 a month and watchable on Apple and Android mobile apps, Roku TV, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. Here's how to purchase the Soft White Underbelly books and merch: https://softwhiteunderbelly.org #swu #softwhiteunderbelly #documentary #marklaita #addiction #regrets #fentanyl #abandonment #skidrow #motherhood