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Stories of Teen Overdose
Mother's Perspective On Her Teen's Drug Overdose
Mother's Reaction To Her Son's Drug Overdose
Teen Drug Overdose Story
Teen Describes Her Reaction To A Drug Overdose
In this video series, heroin overdose victims and parents who have experienced loss due to heroin overdose share their experiences.
Once considered a drug habit for the downtrodden, heroin use among teenagers has skyrocketed over the past decade, particularly in suburbia. The drug is cheap and readily available, hence its appeal to teens and adolescents.
In one particularly powerful and heartbreaking video, the mother of a teenager who died of a heroin overdose describes the last days of her son’s life. Other videos feature interviews with recovered teen drug addicts who describe in great detail their own heroin overdoses. One person in particular talks about the multiple occasions on which he overdosed, often being sent to the hospital because doctors feared he might be suicidal when in fact he was, as he put it, “just trying to get high.” Another former heroin addict says that when she overdosed, she was with a group of friend and no one called 911. “I felt like I was close to death,” she said. “…It was terrifying.”
For any parent concerned about a child with a heroin addiction, these videos are a must-see.
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