This social issue developed in the novel so far is the use of drugs.
Through Alice's eye's we learn how she felt being a part of her family and how she didn't fit in. Not fitting into her family lead her to using drugs and also having to leave her school and move to a new area and start over. The use of drugs after moving to a new home became more. Alice started to use drugs to fall asleep, to do work and also use it just for the sheer pleasure. The drug use became so bad that Alice ran away from home. She started a new life with a friend. They both, got jobs to survive out alone without the support of parents.
A journal entry from Alice's diary
(Oct. 19) She and Chris decide to flee to San Francisco. To make up for having peddled drugs, Alice vows to turn Richie in to the police and stay clean with Chris. They leave in the middle of the night for Salt Lake City en route to San Francisco. Alice fears Richie will find her, as only she could have provided the detailed information to the police. She writes a farewell letter to her family and feels ashamed for letting them down.
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