“She was pure, she didn’t take any kind of drugs or prescription medication,” a man who identified himself as Rodney Kryst, 62, told The Post from his home in Charlotte, NC, Tuesday. “She never had any kind of substance abuse problem.”
Said Kryst, “I think it had a lot to do with family dysfunction, but it will be awhile before we can talk more. She was sad.”
That seems a little contradictory, but really sad all around.
One thing that I have learned over the years and being a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney is that most people do not consider marijuana a “drug.“. There has been a proliferation of marijuana use especially among younger Black people. Every attorney I know has observed an explosion of depression and anxiety among younger Black people. This woman was an advocate for the legalization of marijuana. I would bet a very large sum of money that marijuana led to her mental illness, which led to her suicide.
She was lovely.