Heroin

I had the privilege of reading an excellent extended article of the Cincinnati Enquirer about a week in the heroin epidemic. I'm featuring some heroin users whose pictures were included in the article. How lives are taken over.  These are white folks in the rust belt.  Look what that drug does to you. Your life becomes one desperate attempt to not get 'sick'.  Because that's how you feel, like you have the flu.  Or worse.  Much pain.  If you don't get more of the drug.  You're looking for the drug to get well.  Look how terrible they look.  Their skin, the hollow eyes.  Bad business.  Apparently it's so common to see people in an overdose.  Lying on the ground next to their car.  Anywhere.  Some live, some don't

Once you get in that cycle, it's so hard to get out.  Some one we know once was there.  Using heroin.  She tried to stop on her own.  Couldn't.  It took a trip to jail with drug treatment to get her off.  She swears she will never use again.  Hope she can do it.

Some in parent group have kids using heroin.  It used to only be in dark hallways in 'bad neighborhoods.'  But now it's here.