It’s said that God puts people on Earth for a reason, and Leslie “Les” Martin would say that God put him on Earth to help people through their drug and alcohol problems.

Martin, who died Dec. 2 at the age of 77, became a key figure in drug rehabilitation programs in Butler County starting from his mid-30s, shortly after he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from Slippery Rock University.

According to his daughter, Lisa Martin Decenzo, he decided to take this path after falling into the trap of addiction himself in his younger years.

“He didn’t finish high school. He dropped out of high school as a senior,” Martin Decenzo said. “When he got clean, he got his GED and got his associate’s at Butler County Community College, ended up getting his bachelor’s and master's degr

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