A social media post shows how a former drug addict overcame incredible odds and graduated with a political science degree from Washington University. Mother of three Ginny Burton, 48, decided to go back to college in her 40s after experiencing an early life fraught with trauma. At a tender age, Burton was introduced to substance abuse by her mother; those abusive habits started with marijuana, and at the age of 12, she became hooked on cocaine and methamphetamine, reported CBS. At age 14, she began smoking crack and was blacking out from drinking; a year later she was a full-blown addict and her life took an ever-downward trajectory. At the time, Burton was a regular visitor in juvenile detention centers, where her experience of injustice within the justice system eventually motivated her to go to college—with a mind of introducing reforms. Driven by a passion to change the criminal justice system, …