I hope that parents and friends of addicts will continue to show the families who have not been touched by addiction, that their loved ones were once beautiful, talented, cherished people who became dependent on their worst nightmare. Your strength and caring, your sorrow, and your sharing your horrible experiences are not ln vain. I am a mother, grandmother, great grandmother and a very concerned person for the future of my grandchildren. Perhaps parents of addicts should get together to form a grass roots organization that could help to bring legislation to prevent misuse of opioids, begin early drug prevention in primary grades, intervene with children who live in homes where parents are addicted, and make it a crime for pregnant women to use addicting drugs. Parents of children who overdose are experts on what addiction does to lives of young people.
Re: “Obituary: Madelyn Linsenmeir, 1988-2018”
I hope that parents and friends of addicts will continue to show the families who have not been touched by addiction, that their loved ones were once beautiful, talented, cherished people who became dependent on their worst nightmare. Your strength and caring, your sorrow, and your sharing your horrible experiences are not ln vain. I am a mother, grandmother, great grandmother and a very concerned person for the future of my grandchildren. Perhaps parents of addicts should get together to form a grass roots organization that could help to bring legislation to prevent misuse of opioids, begin early drug prevention in primary grades, intervene with children who live in homes where parents are addicted, and make it a crime for pregnant women to use addicting drugs. Parents of children who overdose are experts on what addiction does to lives of young people.