Anti-Drug Essay Lands Ex-Drug Dealer In Prison

Recently, ex-drug dealer Andre Mitchell told his story on the Drug Free Pennsylvania website: His mom was a hooker and his dad was a pimp, he did a lot of drugs, he sold drugs, he went to prison, etc. He sold his first nickel bag at age four! (Impressive.)

Now, he writes, he’s out of prison and he’s ready to release a CD to tell kids to keep off drugs. Sounds like a great story. Those redemption/overcoming odds stories always win awards!

Of course, not all stories have happy endings, and the 42-year-old Falls resident was arrested by local authorities and faces extradition to Alabama, writes the Bucks County Courier Times‘ Elizabeth Fisher.

Mitchell faces four charges of check forgery and failure to pay restitution after his 2001 release on drug charges. The kicker? Alabama authorities were apparently alerted to Mitchell’s whereabouts after seeing his story on the Drug Free Pennsylvania website. “He would not have gone public with his new CD, nor would he have had his story [posted] on Drug Free Pennsylvania’s Web site had he known about any warrants,” his longtime companion said. She also said Mitchell wasn’t aware of any outstanding warrants and thought he had put his past behind him.

Hopefully everything will be cleared up, Mitchell can pay some heaps of fines — debt is the American way — and he can get on the path to making some horrible anti-drug music. Or good anti-drug music, though I’m not quite sure if such a genre exists.

Ex-drug dealer’s past catches up [BCCT]
Gotta Get Away [Drug Free PA]