I was a heroin addict from 13 to 16 and a half, and almost died from hepatitis from a dirty needle. And that was one of the more fortunate things that's ever happened to me. When I came out of the hospital, I was so afraid to go back to drugs that I really changed my life.
Wal-Mart is the world's largest company. It is bigger than ExxonMobil, bigger than General Motors, bigger than General Electric. Its enormous buying power and market influence has saved American consumers billions of dollars. But at what cost? Charles Fishman, a senior writer at Fast Company and a Wal-Mart shopper himself, carefully examines the positive and the negative about the company in his book The Wal-Mart Effect.
I was a heroin addict from 13 to 16 and a half, and almost died from hepatitis from a dirty needle. And that was one of the more fortunate things that's ever happened to me. When I came out of the hospital, I was so afraid to go back to drugs that I really changed my life. 
