People you hear about getting shot are people you know or are close to you. The East Side member would often do drugs with his fellow gang members and several others. Everyone went their separate ways, a fact of life that disappointed the teen-ager back then. Now that I'm straight, I see it in a different perspective. I see why it split apart.
People go to work and pay their bills.
Now I see why it went the way it has, which is the best thing. It is the right thing to do. Using and dealing Aguilar started out using marijuana in high school. But after four or five years, he tired of pot and started using methamphetamine. He eventually started selling dope on top of using.