Posted on 12/18/2016 7:33:25 AM PST by pabianice
The story fit the grim emerging genre of the opioid epidemic: addicted caregivers who imperil their young children, their very public failings instantly held up for excoriation on social media. Tamara and Jacob had abruptly been added to a national tableau, fused in the popular imagination with the Ohio couple slowly turning blue in their SUV while a 4-year-old watched from his carseat; the Milwaukee pair revived with Narcan in front of the woman’s 2-year-old son; the woman who overdosed in the toy aisle of a Lawrence dollar store, while her toddler wailed and pulled at her arm.
Much less visible are the lives behind the headlines, especially of those who are trying to help the broken get whole again, and to bring life and hope to the children.
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Stupid question - isn’t meth just a form of speed?
"There are more than 2,200 alcohol poisoning deaths in the U.S. each year" - https://www.cdc.gov/media/dpk/2015/dpk-vs-alcohol-poisoning.html
it can destroy lives before your 30 yrs old....
There are entire AA meetings specializing in under-30s.
Meth seems to be the big issue at the moment
My mother-in-law is the worst thing in the world. Heroin is number 9, 3 steps below Hillary Clinton
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