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I feel so sad to post this, but my 25 year old son Shane died two days ago of a heroin overdose. His body was discovered by his mother.
He had been clean for about 3 months, but an ill advised family member gave him $50 cash. All family members had been warned repeatedly about giving cash to somebody in such a fragile position. He immediately scored the drugs & took a fatal overdose. There were several indications that the overdose was unintentional.
I am so sad, and also angry at him for doing that. My relationship with the family member who gave him cash is also severely damaged because I was one of the people who reminded her about once every two weeks about how any heroin that he bought was certain to contain fentanyl, and it only takes a few times before one suffers a fentanyl overdose. I must have reminded her half a dozen times to never give him cash.
He leaves behind a 7 year old daughter.
I will never forget my sheer horror when I was told the news. Shane had just texted me one day earlier and told me that he was clean & sober.
He had been clean for about 3 months, but an ill advised family member gave him $50 cash. All family members had been warned repeatedly about giving cash to somebody in such a fragile position. He immediately scored the drugs & took a fatal overdose. There were several indications that the overdose was unintentional.
I am so sad, and also angry at him for doing that. My relationship with the family member who gave him cash is also severely damaged because I was one of the people who reminded her about once every two weeks about how any heroin that he bought was certain to contain fentanyl, and it only takes a few times before one suffers a fentanyl overdose. I must have reminded her half a dozen times to never give him cash.
He leaves behind a 7 year old daughter.
I will never forget my sheer horror when I was told the news. Shane had just texted me one day earlier and told me that he was clean & sober.
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