Posted on 07/30/2017 8:52:34 PM PDT by Radio Free Tuscaloosa
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry said Sunday that her only child, 22-year-old Max Barry, has died of an apparent drug overdose.
An emotional statement released by the mayor and her husband, Bruce Barry, said their son died in Denver on Saturday night.
"Early this morning, we received news that no parents should ever have to hear. Our son Max suffered from an overdose and passed away. We cannot begin to describe the pain and heartbreak that comes with losing our only child. Our son was a kind soul full of life and love for his family and friends," the statement said. "Our family would greatly appreciate your thoughts and prayers, and would respectfully ask for privacy as we mourn the loss of our child and begin to understand a world without his laughter and love in our lives."
Max Barry graduated in June from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. It is unclear what exactly he overdosed on.
Funeral arrangements were pending as of Sunday and will be announced once plans are made, the mayor's office said.
With her husband and son by her side, Megan Barry was sworn in as Nashville's first female mayor in September 2015.
Denver Police Department spokeswoman Raquel Lopez declined to search the department's records and logs for the police report of Barry's death when asked by The Associated Press, saying that would violate the department's policy of not identifying victims.
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“Ouch! The kid just graduated from college. He had a full lifetime ahead of him.”
Would his death be less tragic if he were a high school dropout and the son of a crack whore?
Maybe he was lonely, never connected with anyone, and saw no point. Who knows.
At 22 that means a long time yet ahead of perceived (or perhaps real) emptiness. At 22, that could be overwhelming.
God have mercy on him, whatever this young man’s reasons for giving up.
“true but since our losing war in afghanistan, heroin imports have skyrocketed.”
Heroin imports have increased because Demand has increased,
It’s economics.
That’s all.
No Demand, No Supply.
” It’s safe to say you’ve had the good fortune in life to not have to suffer a loved one destroying themselves with drugs or booze.”
No, it isn’t safe to say that.
Check your premise.
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“She failed as a mother to guide here child. Sad that it happened but she lacks parenting skills.”
Nonsense.
Demand is the cause.
“Tragic. All the more reason to build the wall.”
I agree. Hey Congress, let’s build the damn wall.
Someone who graduates recently from college is a solid demonstration of ambition, hard work, and a hope for the future. And to lose it all in an instant is severely tragic. It’s like seeing a successful, hard-won investment being destroyed in a fire.
“Early this morning, we received news that no parents should ever have to hear.”
So true, whatever the boy’s demons I’m sad for the parents. The mother will always remember holding her baby son for the first time. This is the boy they lost.
Rush Limbaugh got addicted to opioids. But I shouldn’t have to say that to ask people to show a little compassion.
How is that wall going to stop heroin being shipped in from Afghanistan and how is that walls going to stop your local doctor/pharmacist from distributing opioid as if it were Halloween candy?
As for drugs being shipped in from Mexico, I can guarantee you that the Mexican Cartel can figure out a way to get around any walls.
Lurker is right. The idiot wasted his life.
A life is a life.
Be Pro Life.
Then we as a people need to control our addictions.
The market for drugs as every other market is controlled by Demand.
99% of humans waste their lives.
What makes his death “exceptional” to Lurker is that he was a drug addict.
You didn’t know the guy.
Where did human decency go?
Down the drain apparently.
“How is that wall going to stop heroin being shipped in from Afghanistan and how is that walls going to stop your local doctor/pharmacist from distributing opioid as if it were Halloween candy?
As for drugs being shipped in from Mexico, I can guarantee you that the Mexican Cartel can figure out a way to get around any walls.”
With that attitude it sounds like you are for open borders and nothing we do will stop anything. The wall will allow our Border Patrol to spend more man hours in other areas and put more of a dent in the drug trade and other types of smuggling. Build the damn wall.
You are confused.
I have 4 kids, all raised the same, 3 are very successful and one is a loser no matter what I do. I can’t seem to save him and expect some day I will get this bad news. He is on an unsustainable trajectory.
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