Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #1002 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY August 26, 2025: ‘Victory High: Teen Addicts Second Chance’ Photography by ZUMA Partner newspaper The Tampa Bay Times award winning photo-journalist Jefferee Woo and story by Pulitzer winning writer Lane DeGregory: At Tampa Bay’s Victory High, newly sober students get a second chance. ‘What do you want?’ the counselor asked the teens. ‘Not today or tomorrow. For the rest of your life?’ ‘I want to be a therapist,’ offered a boy in a backwards ball cap. Another longed to travel. ‘Like, go to Alaska or maybe Hawaii.’ A girl cocooned in a blanket stayed silent. ‘OK,’ the counselor said slowly. ‘And getting there all depends on?’ The students studied the floor, then one spoke softly. ‘Staying sober.’ Victory High is the only school in Florida where students have to have done drugs to get in. Most come right out of rehab, after becoming addicted to alcohol, overdosing, shooting heroin. After passing out...