The Story Behind The Viral Photograph Of Opioid Victims | TIME
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- The East Liverpool, Ohio police department decided to share on social media a picture of a couple overdosed and passed out in a car with a young boy in the backseat. Publishing the photo, say local law enforcement, was the city’s cry for help.
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The Story Behind The Viral Photograph Of Opioid Victims | TIME
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If the picture upsets you, then it's doing its job. End of story.
You must be fun, eh?
Rondas Face certainly not you that’s for sure
@@lalune59 How so? Lol because I don't agree with this comment? Grow up.
@@maryl5806 calm down liberal trans vegan, no need to get offended over everything. No one gives a shit how you feel.
Rondas Face I suggest you need to grow up
⁂hands back his dummy**
Omg when the mother was passed out in the grocery store and her toddler was crying trying to get her up and you could hear her say mommy.😖😞😟😢. MY SOUL CRACKED.
that broke my heart 😢😢😢😢
That hurt my soul bc I want a baby soooooooo bad and my baby would always come first regardless idc screw a drug but I hope this lady got the
Help she needed
That made me cry. No one should live like that, I really hope she got help.
@Fleece Johnson you're very mean. Emojis are a way to add what written words sometimes can't convey - facial expression, voice inflection, body language. Don't be an ass!!! >:-[
That girl should have been scooped up and taken somewhere else, why record it first?
That little girl trying to wake up her mom in that supermarket aisle😭
That one broke my heart. So sad seeing a baby that loves her mom so much yet her mom does this infront of her
Yes I almost bawled out crying and the person recording isn't doing anything to comfort the little baby
Ik right 😭😢😭☹️
That hit so fucking hard. Just devastating that it’s even real
Yeah.... That one really touched me..
I am glad they posted this picture, we need to stop living like everything is OK.
Unfortunately a lot of times these kids get taken from shitty homes only to be put into a different shitty home.
WILLY LYNCH so true they dont get saved
WILLY LYNCH yes :( breaks my heart
WILLY LYNCH this happened to my ex husband. He was FINALLY "rescued" from his biological home of an abusive alcoholic father only after he tried killing him.. unfortunately his little sister was rescued first and he didn't even know he had one. They both were immediately placed in a new home. (The daughter of a social worker who worked his case.. so basically the rescuer became his grandma).. turns out that his adoptive parents were addicts and displayed a very unhealthy abusive relationship that he thought was normal. They were almost imeadiately approved because they were rich at the time... He never got saved... His whole like was one huge mess he had no control of. Left for the military at 18 and his mom relapsed again... We didn't work out for lot of these reasons but I wish him the very best and I pray he finds hope... But you're so right. I hope that maybe this can change one day.
WILLY LYNCH I want to adopt a child but my bf doesn’t want to And it makes me sad bc I have infertility issues and I know I could be a good mom ! I see stories like this where the children have to go through having shit parents.
So true , my younger siblings & I got removed from our mothers home due to her & her boyfriends drug addiction & we all got split up & now my two youngest siblings are in a shitty foster home & they won’t even let us see them
2:55 I started crying when the little girl grabbed her mother's head and said: mommy...
same. Shit had me literally with my mouth open.
yeah that broke my heart. I can't imagine doing that to my child. oh men 😭😭😭
Was she dead
@@gailykaira what u mean with 'oh men'
@@FracturedOreo what do you mean ''oh mem''
That child trying to wake her mom up in the store is absolutely heart breaking.
Lee Scott oh my God it broke my heart to I am so crying for these kids that have to see their parents do this shit God bless these kids
Absolutely horrific, poor little thing. Nobody can repair the damage her own parents are doing to her 😭
Karl Harris so heart broken
Lee Scott ~ Yes, that was the worst. I had to close my eyes. Too heartbreaking 💔.
They did right posting that. Brushing it under the rug isn't gonna help anything.
I agree, but I don't see why they couldn't just blur it. The message would be just as strong without the public shaming. You clearly see what's going on in the photo.
@@sh0werp0wer Public Shaming?? What's a shame is that they are passed out on drugs while an innocent baby is in the back seat. Anything could have happen to that baby while they were unconscious on drugs.
And I hope that didn't come out mean towards you... definitely didn't mean for it to.
@@tinastanley9993 So is it not public shaming? I'm really confused at what you're trying to say, here.
I don't see how publicly shaming the innocent child, nor the addicts for that matter, helps with *anything* at all.
Especially the child who has done nothing wrong, and now will forever be known as the poster child for the opioid crisis.
And I am sure publicly shaming drug addicts is the way to go in rehabilitating them. Make their lives practically unrecoverable, that'll help.
You didn't answer me as to why they couldn't just blur it. This *is* public shaming. And I'm not saying that out of sympathy for the addicts, I'm stating a fact.
Here's another fact: public shaming makes it definitely a lot worse.
Now what you decide to do with those facts is up to you, but I don't see the point in making these people's lives worse for the sake of nothing. They all need help.
Maybe we should stop Worrying about illegal immigrant children and start worrying about the children in our own backyard. Get The Democrat politicians on board with that
I grew up with drug addicted parents. I have very, very few memories and those few ones help me maintain my dream to help every single human being. Addiction is far more complicated than what we've been taught for decades.
It is complicated. U start taking something because of pain and then, you can't get out of bed without them. I take pills because of severe pain and I don't abuse them. I wish I didn't need them but the truth is, I'm an addict.
you can't get out of bed because of addiction or because of the pain?. If you can't get out of bed because of the pain, and the med's lessen the pain to allow you to move and function that is NOT addiction. If you're taking meds well after the cause of pain is healed and you just want to be able to 'face the day' then yeah, that's a problem. It's a proven medical fact that pain meds used to manage chronic ongoing pain are not addictive, but keep on using them after the pain is gone, yes are addicted because you want the medication not the relief from pain. Britain did this study on Heroin working differently with pain patients in which they were able to function and work normally,,, where those without pain went a whole other direction. many people are going to start suffering and likely suicide rates will increase because everyone's going to fall under the blanket and no longer be able to obtain pain meds they have found relief with for years... Doctors will not be jumping thru the hoops to keep prescribing and many companies are going to stop manufacturing. I wish the education would be on 'you wanna play, then expect to die" and Let them. pain is serious business and has no choice. Taking meds without need it a choice and a price to gamble with.
Mary A
I can't get out of bed because, from where I have been taking pain pills too combat the pain, my brain tells me that my body is hurting so bad the only thing that will help is the pain pills. whoever said that opioids and narcotics word not addictive, had no fucking clue what they were talking about. narcotics and opiates rewire your brain so that you have to have them. they rewire your brain so that your body thinks you have to have them 2 function properly basically. it's all scientifically proven.
and the people that you were speaking about in this study are what's known as casual users. what myself and every other addict has is an addictive personality. most people actually have one no matter what it is they get addicted to. but just because I'm not passed out from shooting up in the car somewhere, because I don't take them to get high honestly I would love to but I've been taking them for so long I don't know how much shit I would have to have to get high, doesn't mean I'm not an addict. there is a difference. a very big difference but I'm still addicted. I I say back my comment in the beginning where I said I don't use them because I will abuse them. if I take my medication the way I'm supposed to and it does not help and I am still in severe pain I'm going to take some more to get out of it.
and the thing is that most people are not addicted to the drug itself (except for opiates rewiring ur brain so that the only thing that will help you is them). they're addicted to how it makes you feel. you quit taking it for a while and when the craving returns, ur after the feeling that it gives you, whatever it may be. or in some cases, you're after how it takes away feelings. addiction is very complicated and I'm so glad that you said that. don't get me wrong, I get so fucking mad when someone tells me that they have to have Suboxone to be ok, when the reason they need the suboxin is because they fucking got addicted to the shit from getting high. here I I am, basically in the same position and the Suboxone doesn't do me any good. helps with the Cravings but not with the pain. of course I don't have insurance because can't work even though I try and I still try to do whatever I can. if i had insurance I might be able to have procedures done that could alleviate some of the pain, I don't think it would be all of it im not that stupid but some of it is way better than none of it. then maybe I might be able to take books instead of pain pills. I don't want to take them.
been through severe addiction severe withdrawal reviews in them now I take them and only hope though help me to get through the day until I can take my sleeping pill.
Mary A 👍👍👍👍👍
The little girl crying and trying to wake her mommy up omg that shattered my heart into pieces.
DAPHNE Omg I have 2 girls, and my heart it’s hurting so bad. Shame!
I wanted to jump through the screen and help her
Did the mother die?😢
That killed me too.. smh
Me too
the child is the victim. these are addicts. big difference.
Sane comment thank goodness
Merry Red nope
If you can't understand addiction, you have no right to tell anyone what these people feel. They're definitely more of a victim than these sjw idiots walking, around and 1st world feminists who will let anyone see their goodies. These addicts are victims. They're victim to whatever led them to feel so much pain that they drowned themselves in addiction. You can't look at the aftermath without looking at where it started.
in a word ? ignorant 🙎🏼🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Cthulhu For President I live just a few miles from East Liverpool. Junkies do alot of damage. Almost everyone I know is a junky. Everyone choose to snort pills or shoot up. I told people twenty five years ago when East Liverpool city hospital was giving out Percocets for a toothache that they would be addicted to them in two weeks. All I was told was "but these are great with a couple beers".
People are dying because all the ambulance and medics are tending to ODs. I know of people that had ODed over a dozen times. You know what. Narcan does not work after a dozen or so times. People have parties with the intent to OD and have someone bring them back. When it doesn't work they dump the body. Junkies are not victims, they are scum.
When I was 18 years old and I told my father that I was going to become a father he said this to me...Son your life is no longer about what you want it is now all about providing for your child and doing everything in your power to raise them with good morals...and after that conversation with my dad it stopped being about me..I stopped going to party's,stopped drinking, and got a job..these people who are out there overdosing are just down right selfish people who only care about themselves...very sad to see..
You don't understand addiction most of the time there's an underlying medical or psychological problem that exist in that person and if they don't get help they medicate themselves believe me I know. Depression is number one on the list.
@@mikeevans7381 drugs are for losers. Depression is part of human society. However drugs are not the answer.. if you have a strong will to keep on going and living life to the fullest.. you can beat depression easily. These people who died on the video are a bunch of losers... and brypete is right when he said they're a bunch of selfish people.
You have a Good father
@@KaitoRyuga Karma would predict you will get depression at some point in your life for that uneducated comment.
Have fun walking that off.
Loser.
@@KaitoRyuga i hope you never find out real depression
I was addicted to opioids because the doctor I had continued to prescribe it in such a high dose for my back pain. I finally went off of it all cold turkey. For two weeks or more, I was so sick I literally thought I was going to die. I have been opioid free for 1 year now and even though I have gone through surgery, I refuse to take opioids for pain. My choice, my way!
Jean Taua proud of you
Amen!
Jean Taua so awesome! I don't know you but I still incredibly proud of you! Yesterday was the 5 year anniversary for me and it feels amazing!
Jean Taua ....You are special! we need more like you. People can get free !!!
I was going through a stressful time and in pain. I didn't even ask and the doctor started writing prescriptions for pain and stress.
I told her to tear them up that l would not take them.
I know people who are slaves to their doctors for pain & stress pills. Some doctors make it soooo easy. They get a kickback percentage for the drugs they prescribe. Many are in the profession for the $. Years ago doctors were doctors to help people now it's come back in two weeks. lol (lots of laughs) but it is NO LAUGHING matter.
Thank you for sharing.
Jean Taua 👏👏
The police did the right thing by posting it.
Indeed
He just wanted likes.
No way they shows only that they can't prevent illegal drugs in their community it embarrassed also the official and themselves for showing it and act like no responsibility for happening of their people victimized by this drugs
nah
Yeap
poor beautiful baby boy please lord let him be with a safe loving family
Jessica Acosta hopefully the boy is with a better family
Jessica Acosta the lord let this happen to him,he doesn't exist and you are fucking nuts to think he does.
123456bmx calm down bud
123456bmx Yes he does exist
123456bmx He exists but he gave you your own mind thats why our world is like this.People made themselves monsters.
That photo needs to be shared with every town and city entity. It defines the true severity of the opiod crisis. Even the love for your child is no match for the power of addiction. If that doesn't scream help I don't know what will. Thank you for posting this and don't let this crisis fade..good bless all my fellow addicts and recovering addicts. Let's cure this illness.
omg the little girl in the toys store trying to wake her mother broke my soul omg i want to save them all, IM SORRY LITTLE INNOCENT BABIES
Cry Rose me too :( i want to adopt all these babies suffering
Cry Rose yeah, I can't watch this
It broke my heart too
Philosopher Stones Minerals and Jewelry seriously!
I wanted to literally cry and grab the baby and hug her.😢🙏🏾
That last clip with the little girl trying to wake up her mama...truly heartbreaking 💔
Joelle Benitez tore me apart.
Gave me chills
Just annoying how the person is just watching the little girl panicking and just filming it😑
Joelle Benitez see how the media plays on our emotions the media help distract us while The Federal Goverment Kills US!!!!!!!!!!!
Matthew Padia go back to your basement conspiricst
Poor baby must have been so scared
This probably wasn't the first time that he had been through this. So sad!
Grandmother's attorney probable just wants to get royalties from the picture - then she can go back and shoot it in her arm.
lori doolaghty *child
@@taylorwaters7177?? I still refer to my 3 and 5 year old niece and nephew as babes/babies. Just wondered why you felt it so important to correct? He is a baby. A beautiful, defenseless, lost little babe 😢
It’s hard it’s sad but the harsh reality the child will also suffer in his future of addition the DNA from his parents
That baby girl waking up her mom, my heart is crying... she is clueless with what is happening around her. 😢
The little girl with her mom at 2:55 literally brought me to tears. No joke.
I_Am _ClickBate me too. I also cringe in anger at the person who (cell) videotaped it for a bit first
meh. she'll wake up eventually I presume.
EM Gold overdose; a fair amount of people have died from fentanyl. I wouldnt count out some of those people died.
I_Am _ClickBate me too I feel sick to my stomach I want to hug that little girl
Ikr, stay away from that shit yall
Wow at 2:55... that’s just so sad. I could never put myself in a situation of losing my life when I have a daughter who loves me so much. I want to live as long as I can to see her grow up and be there for her whenever she needs somebody
Yenny Quinonez so sad
Unfortunately drugs change who you are it strips you from humanity.
She’s not dead, she just became unconscious from an overdose, from what I’ve heard she was arrested but she’s fine
Cmoney1999 I was never on that shit what are you talking about? lol
XO Yenny u can say oh I would never do this oh i would never do that! But until your addicted or have experience addiction u cannot begin to fathom the things u would do to get your fix!! It truly changes u! I hope this gave u some insight!
All of you telling your opioid addiction stories..I am 47, have 1 kidney, full of stones, and nearing the end of Stage 4 kidney disease. I am in constant pain, and cannot get treatment for my pain because of the opioid crisis. Instead, I am forced to take Nsaids, which further destroy and injure my kidney and will lead me to a quicker death since dialysis is not an option, and I won't make it to a transplant. For the doctors who won't help, thanks for not helping & treating me like a druggie. For the addicts who caused the crisis, thanks. My children also thank you.
hi, i am a nurse and thats its true, people who really need the opioids to treat there diseases dont habe the medication they need and have to live with constant pain and those who dont need it have a prescription every month fill in, sorry about that i hope you get better.
Well said. I completely agree. I've had 40 surgeries to date and I've died 3 times. I take pain meds, thank God for them because I couldn't function without them, I'd be in too much pain. I get treated like a criminal all the time.
I don't know where you live but I hope you can find another doctor to help you with your pain. Yes the snorters, shooters, sellers and dealers have made things very difficult for people who are in real constant pain.
How can I get in touch with you Hun?
Try MEDICAL MARIJUANA! all forms available to injest. You don't have to be in pain! DO YOUR RESEARCH!
At my worst I was a drunk and a pot head. I worked so hard for my house and I almost lost it all. So to anyone in the struggle I hope the best.
Poor little child. God bless him.
Choctawnic said prayer for little kid. Schocked i was.
God put him there !! You are stupid and your brain is so so small that you must
Fill it up the empty spaces of your head
With a ln imaginary friend called Jesus
Judy Paranish how dare you. Who are you to wish death on anybody. You are morally corrupt.
unfortunatly god is more addicting and damaging than drugs
And the little girl?
2:57 is just heartbreaking.
NIllY ELS this is a daily occurance in Lawrence .
I hope that poor baby is okay
I wasn’t ready for that. Absolutely breaks my heart.
NIllY ELS yep 😭
omfg, that's so sad :( I hope that poor baby is with a loving, drug free family now.
I'm glad they posted the picture. Stop hiding it. I was addicted to morphine for seven years after starting with Vicoden for chronic pain. The day I thought about getting heroin instead because it was more accessible and a lot cheaper was the day I called the treatment program. It's not a f**king joke. I wasn't a typical addict, hell most people had no clue, but I was addicted nonetheless. My kids were clothed and feed and I never got so far gone that I nodded off. But other areas of our lives went to hell. I'm almost 4 years sober and I know there has to be a moment when you're done. You have to not want to live that way. You can't do it for anyone but you. Court ordered rehab doesn't work unless the addict is done. I required a lot of honesty and brutal self examination to get to where I am today. Keep posting pictures. Not in mockery but to force people to understand that the real victims of addiction are the children and the addicts loved ones. Most people become addicts because of emotional pain. Deal with your shit and stop trying to 'make it all go away'.
Brandy Bradley hey, I'm proud of you. You're amazing and doing good. Keep going.
That sounds almost identical to each starting addicts story, like you read that at addict.com and just regurgitated it, for fucks sake you were addicted how many years and cant spell the drug youre "addicted" to??? Why stick with norco at all when percocet or oxycontin were more potent and easier to acquire? Almost every "addict" thinks no one knows but them, they think theyre unique but theyre not, i promise, youre the most common type of "addict", very mild and mostly just looking for attention, never having known to not have a bed to sleep in, never been hungry for days, never really abused any drugs, taking two "vicoden" whatever that is isnt abuse, youre the type of person to tell me norco is stronger than vicoDIN or lortab in the same mg dose, or the same person who cant tell the difference in oxycodone acetiminophen (that means its percocet) and oxycodone HCL in the same mg dose. Point being, stop pretending, learn to spell the drug you abused for years and come up with a better story than, "no one knew, not my kids or boss; i lost who i am, i lost my soul to the devil", just be more creative. And one last thing, how long were you DS when you supposedly kicked the habit and what sort of medicine did you use to keep the ds away and how did you go through it without anyone noticing since its impossible unless completey alone?
And i completely forgot to ask, the morphine you took, in what form was it and how did you take it? If its the ER tabs IR tabs, what mg and did you eat them, cause thats a waste when they can be racked, smoked or booted which is the only way to even feel a buzz, please tell me more.
Joseph Woodall
Well, Joseph there's nothing new about addiction. That's why so many stories sound the same. It doesn't matter how I took it. I will tell you I went into an outpatient treatment program and got on suboxone because withdrawal is the worst, most horrible experience I've ever had. I shudder just remembering it. Please don't think you know me. You know exactly what I've said and it is generic because I don't need to relive those years for you or anyone. I did my time, so to speak, and I'm not going to say anything else about it.
Melissa McMillian
Thank you ❤
The little girl in the supermarket:
The young girl was initially taken into custody by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families but was later released to relatives in New Hampshire, according to prosecutors. The mother survived and went into treatment. Hope it helped.
THE VIDEO OF THE BABY GIRL IN THE TOY ALLEY MADE MY HEART SHATTER😭😭😭😭
Andrew Barrett I cried
Andrew Barrett mines too
That was so sad
Moriah Scogin me too
Andrew Barrett are u a man or a woman? 🤔🤔
I almost felt like "mom of the year" when I saw that awfulness
Omg imagine being at the store with your mom and she just dies 😭 these poor kids
Brenda Donjuan she didn't die, I've seen a lot of these clips I'm fairly certain none of them died
Why are they almost dead what’s the reason ?
Brenda Donjuan how many people said it was so sad when black people was strung out on crack and cps took their kids also they went to jail not some type of program.
It’s called “nodding out”
Google it...
Daisy Espindola 😂
That baby girl tugging on her momma, who was passed out on the floor, BROKE 👏🏼 MY 👏🏼 WHOLE 👏🏼 HEART!
Edit: I was extremely thankful to read that she was charged for her actions, and shame on the one who stood there recording (what very easily could have been) that little girl’s scariest moment. I would have swooped right in and wrapped her in a fervent hug.
Selerie Sticks I hate that I have to agree, because this shouldn’t ever be a problem. It is, though and that’s extremely disheartening.
But you still shame the person who took that footage?
they probably already called for help and didn’t want to interfere. you can’t just go run and grab someone else’s child. she’s not in life threatening danger. i’d probably keep my distance too until authorities arrived. that’s how lot of people who try and step in to a situation that has nothing to do with them get in trouble as well. the real scary part is, if they drove, the fact that the child had to be in the car with this woman in a state like this. let’s hope they either walked or took a cab though.
Charlie Brown-McElroy wtf is up with that 👏🏻 thing?
No Neck I absolutely do. Surveillance footage is one thing, but to stand there and film? I couldn’t, in good conscience, do that. Anymore, it feels like we live in an age where “video or it didn’t happen” trumps human decency.
People needed to see this. We should not candy coat addiction. Only my opinion and everyone has their own opinion.
the little girl trying to get her mom up 😭💔
lil peep so sad 😭
IK
im sad because this is what happened to peep, on a smaller scale but still. rip the goat
lil peep thought u died?
I couldn’t stop replaying it because it was shocking to see her trying to wake her mom up 😭
That one where the baby was trying to wake the mom in the grocery store was just heartbreaking. My god
Chenoa Steiner omg you're fine lol
Berto Ortiz you thirsty af
Opioid Victims? Im old enough to remember the crack epidemic, never were they called "victims".
Jason H it's cause they were minorities
The meaning the little guy in the back seat....the little girl in the store....
Jason H It’s called white priviledge
Diane Matlock nah if you watch the video they're clearly trying to make people feel bad for calling the parents disgusting criminals (which they are) because I guess they won't want to get help if we think they're disgusting. Which is fucking stupid because they obviously weren't fucking getting help anyway. They obviously thought they had their drug abuse under control enough to drive a fucking car with a toddler in the back seat. They SHOULD be ashamed.
I think that’s an intertwined class and partial race issue. Seeing a white woman in a store passed out on heroin with a child is more sympathetic than a crack addict. 😔
I stop watching this video when i see a little girl with her mom underground.. i'm crying..
Drugs never give u a better way.. never..
warning: graphic content
thumbnail: literally the graphic content
Ikr
How is it graphic?
@@victoriagasca6258 what i was going to say...
DanDeMan Did you actually bother to look at the thumbnail.. it’s two parents ODing in front of the kid in a car.. that is kind of considered graphic content
@@ifiwsaflowridbearose it's cus pple today are desensitize by "graphic information" like that
Holy shit that clip of the little girl in the supermarket made me so sad
Bri yeah Ik! I looked into it & the mother was luckily revived & the kid was taken into child protection...so that’s good
I love you bri
😭
Like wise
So sad
That little girl with the mom passed out in the toy isle... was just too much... 😟
Diana Fronsdahl but it’s real shit that happens. It NEEDS to be shared, for people to see.
got me choked up
If these people are so "sick" they should be sterilized as to not infect their innocent children
*I was okay watching the video, but then I saw the little girl...*
Ravê _Oliveira the little girl is fine now I was crying for her till I found out that her mom woke up and was put in a better home till her mom is done with her sentence and rehab
Kansa otakus thanks for telling me that, now I can feel happy for her, no one deserves to live like this.
Ravê _Oliveira you are sexy I’m ok watching you
@@ujnnju you will be single forever
@@Memes-oe2si thank u for the info.
But yall worried about weed🙄
Xanndrew weed don't kill boy
Who is "yall?"?
and LOL is your name REALLY Xandrew?? HAHAHA
Is that a weed!!
Xanndrew: Weed is worse than heroin in most ways
2:55 that was heartbreaking how can you do that when you have a family you need to take care of
Reality is so repressive and unbearable for many people in today's world.
These drugs have chemicals that literally hi-jack your brain and reprograms you to keep getting a stronger and stronger fix until your body can no longer withstand.. The part of the brain that processes decision making and the consequences of those decisions is hindered and doesn't work correctly in an opioid addict's mind.
2:55 is literally the moment in this video that made my skin shiver...
Unless you've experienced addiction yourself. You'll never answer that question....
Bill Anderson I agree with you and I hate that kids have to go through this but addiction is real and it's crazy and sad. To bad these kids are suffering from it.
Keith Stoltzfus
I agree. Walk a mile in their shoes...
The child is the victim. Not the heroin addicts.
exactly
Couldn't have said it better.
I think the parents are definitely guilty of child neglect and endangerment. The word 'victim' when used for drug addicts is iffy. I think they are sick, and they need help. Unfortunately, in many situations where an addict is willing to get treatment, there isn't enough money in the system to help everyone.
The photo was necessary for spreading awareness of this problem. I know and have known many people who have struggled and continue. More than anything it's just sad to see.
I agree. Labeling them as victims is part of what keeps them addicted
nah, not offering them help and keeping yourself ignorant does it. Nobody calls them victims cause they should be victims and be left to continue but bc they suffer from addiction and need to get help, it's amazing to me how some of you are able to talk and not even understand wow
Oh wow, this really hits home for me. I am a recovering heroin addict almost 3yrs clean after 12yrs using.
Please people I beg you don't jungle please we all have our demons! Be kind a little kindness saved my life for real from a stranger just a friendly hello and wide smile to judge is easy don't HELP OTHERS.
imagine that was your sister/brother son or dad!!!
Help each other folks please these people need encouragement not cussing and shouting! Constructive criticism is always welcome.
God bless you all and keep you safe, spread positive energy not negative, anyone caught up in addiction I WAS YOU..... Remember their is always someone who CARES ABOUT YOU.
Be safe out there everyone stay strong, get the help if needed guys and girls.
Peace and love to all✌💞✌
Proud of u... keep up the good work!!!! Never give up! May God Bless You Always!!!💕
IRISH DRAGON, KEEP UP THE GR8 WORK, U'VE COME A LONG WAY, U'LL B N MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, & CONGRATS ON UR ACCOMPLISHMENT, REACH FOR THE STARS & U'LL GO FAR, TAKE CARE & GOD BLESS,,,,{Ms Tonia Addair}
I don't & won't judge I pray for ppl that's n that torment, IRISH DRAGON, STAY STRONG,
@@toniaaddair1898 Thank you so very very much Tonia, you're kind words of encouragement really mean a lot to me.👏👏👏 life is so short and precious a life of drugs is not living at all. Drugs such as heroin strip away from us everything that makes us kind,considerate friendly,thoughtful honest,It takes away our humanity and seriously has such a terrible cruel unending despair no drug addict's are happy go lucky people, they are tormented by that drug they are addicted to it's literally all you'd think about,everything else is meaningless sad but true. Only since I got clean have I truly understood how wonderful life is. I was very lucky I dunno why after so long I was able to quit.? But I am so thankful that I have.🙌 I now help others whom have similar problems, its a great feeling to give back to others of who just a few short years ago I felt the same lost and though I'd never be able to quit or die a addict!
Everyone deserves a 2nd chance and my own story has help just over a dozen men and women to break free from their addiction issues and live their life happier and free.
Thank you again Tonia you're words mean so much to me,
Greetings from Dublin Ireland💕💕🙌😊😇😇😇
@@kashmoney8697 hi, Norma you're kind message I appreciate very much thank you for taking the time to write. All the best to you in life bless you and you're family.😇😇😇
Its so heart breaking seeing the little boy in the back seat with these 2 parents who are high and almost dead
I am so PROUD, of y'all for sharing that photo. It may not wake addicts up, but it shows people, that there is a REAL problem. THANK YOU!!
2:55 That one hit me hard😢💔
Smh 😳 so sad fr
Irresponsible adult with baby
THERE WAS A GUY RECORDING NOT FKING HELPING HE BETTER ROTT
@@martinwrobl4794 the guy that is recording this couldn't do anything. He can't help
Mikele Connor how? Even put her in a better position hug the child do SOMETHING this is out fucking humanity mate ppl like you that dont realise this shit are destroying it
The little girl from Lawrence made me cry. It literally hits close to home, I live about a 20 minute drive from where the video was taken. Everyone really is affected by the opioid crisis.
I grew up with a mom addicted to drugs. Not this bad, though. My childhood was stolen from just like this sweet boys. Im blessed and my mom chose life and has been sober for 7 years. I can only pray that happens for this family and this little boy...
Vivian Barton MY MOMS BEEN SOBER 7 YEARS TOO!!!
Vivian Barton White absolutely love thier drugs.
Jupiter Stars Pass dat lean homie. Oh wait blacks don't do that. Rest in peace Pimp C.
idk why these types of people are blessed with children..😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
YOLO TOKO me either
It hurts seeing those kids, especially the girl in the 2:57 clip... as someone who is trying to conceive and not being able to and seeing many opioid addicts with kids it seems insane to me that their bodies are even capable of conception.
YOLO TOKO. I thought he said she was the grandmother?
The clip of the little girl trying to wake up her mother made me burst into tears. How could you do that to your children? How could you put them in that situation?
I haven't did drugs sinces 1992 and staying clean
Raymond I have 3.5 years, just for today. God bless you.
Congrats to both of u☺️☺️
God bless. Prayers for everyone trying to get and stay clean.
Bless you Raymond
The first child's face got me super sad and wanting to cry baaad, then that little girl trying to help her mumma up got me in tears, that was so beyond horrible to see.. 😢💔 Jesus christ, some people just should not have children!!
Kassandra Hudson yup I cried soooo hard.. thank God the little girl looks young enough to not remember this.
I'm more surprised someone thought it'd be best to just record it instead of try and check on the lady,or in the very least get the kid out of there
XxZigiixX the recorder might not know if they had taken drugs or were murdered and disrupting a crime scene might not help! Or they just wanted people to see what happens when you take drugs.
This is heartbreaking to see how low drugs can bring people. It's just so sad!
Also the family and friends of those who are addicted - their heartbreak is truly horrifying and sad.
This photo is killing chronic pain patients.
I'm a prrtty not sufferer from chronic pain, its devistating. I was adsivted to opionds for most my teen years. One day I was finally able to tell myself no more And I'm thankful for the mental strength to do that
@Mandy Vin addicts ruin lives. as a nation, we need to be aware of what big pharma is doing to our country. CBD would be better to treat pain.
I'm 26 and just looking at the way these people are sitting is hard on my back.
@@ithedirector CBD would be better to treat some minor pain, but people suffering badly need opiates. CBD isn't enough in some cases. I hate junkies because they make it hard for people to gets the meds they need.
There is no help for chronic , debilitating pain patients anymore. None. The junkies killed that.
Finally caring people in a comment section!
You guys have an amazing message!
Help not Hate!
You guys are doing good.
Jail em like they did during the crack epidemic.
Dammmnnn. Even gave her the seatbelt violation.
Darquise Fullard hahahahHhH
Darquise Fullard lol you know they need that money.
😂
1920: People in the future will have flying cars!
2019: ...
Марио Михов this is the bullshit we’re dealing with rn especially where I live there’s crackheads everywhere it’s literally an everyday thing for me I seee them all the time this isn’t new to me it’s way worse over here😕
Technically this was 2017
That makes no fucking sense this isnt a joke that is deadly!
People were still abusing drugs back then.
Insensible comment
2:55 really made me cry ☹poor baby was trying to help her mommy...😧its just really sad that kids have to go through this and they dont know what is happening
Lupe Medina I know! The poor thing just trying to wake her up, she must've been so scared. It hurts my heart that children have to suffer through this.
I don't think I would have been able to even record that. If I seen that, I'd honestly just pick the little girl up and immediately try to console her.
As someone with kids, I couldn't imagine the confusion and fear she had going through her head.
I totally agree wish I could that them in and bring them up as my own poor poor children
What pisses me off is the person filming and not going to get the poor kid away from that scene...
flumpy pig-skin - I agree... Remove the child from the scene first if you feel a need to record....
It's very sad, it's hard telling how often that happens at home for that baby girl. 😭
Drug addiction is a problem all over the world...
Jamela Mayor it’s a problem that’s not well understood, the way we handle things now isn’t the best. This is a socioeconomic, environmental, and health issue all in one, addiction is a mental illness, and the way we go about dealing with that is not criminalizing drug users and making things even more dangerous for them than they actually have to be.
I am glad they showed the photo because I hope it humanizes drug users some, but on the other hand people may use it for negative purposes, these people wouldn’t have died if drugs were regulated through a legal system rather than on the black market.
Yet America is trying to legalize marijuana
John eats popcorn from the Manor there is nothing wrong with marijuana, in the states that have made marijuana completely legal opioid abuse has went down and the amount of drug overdoses and deaths from drugs has went down.
John eats popcorn from the Manor and the government is heavily resistant to our effort to legalize marijuana
Me having a dad that has dealt with opioid addiction I can personally say that the addicts aren't the ones hurting and suffering it's the kids who can't get away from the drugs and the home violence and poverty that their own parents put them in it sucks not having your parent show up for school events or your parents forgetting to pick you up after school because they were to messed up it sucks seeing your parents choose drugs over you it sucks that instead of taking care of you they're trying to find another way to get high but growing up in that environment made me realize allot of things at a very young age it made me realize that just because you're prescribed it and it comes from a doctor doesn't mean it's safe and opioids aren't anything to play with
Dampp sadly it happens
my mom was arrested for being under the influence and possession of meth with me in the car at 12. i fully understand you, we can either become the waste or become the change. Bless you friend, and the oppurtunitys this life has to offer!
Thanks for sharing, I have friends which takes this pills and they don’t have a need of taking them, they just think the trip is cool, one day I sat with them and told them how bad they were hurting themselves, specially their brains, they looked at me and started laugh, they told me I was crazy, unfortunately they are rich spoiled kids. Who are dumb enough to take this poison, my friend stop talking to me because I never smoked weed with her after I told her to stop doing this drugs. Now her abstinence syndromes are getting worse by the day because this drugs are really hard to find in my country. Hopefully she will learn from this.
That picture says a thousand words. Poor boy living with this. He deserves so much better.
How do you know? Maybe he does deserve it
seeing the child next to her mother really hit me hard when she said mama.
I'm an addict reclaiming my life at 46. Hard finding a way back. So much sadness attached. 5 years clean. Hardest thing is finding a way to forgive myself. I come from a family of abuse. The thing I want most in life is to be happy. I pray for these people. The only freedom I have from yesterday is to be of help. I give much of myself to my community. Helping people in a hard spot grants me a life I didn't know to be. Blessings. Don't give up you're worth it!
Well done you should be proud. As a recovering addict myself I know how hard the journey is. I now work in a rehab clinic and feel that I am finally able to do good and give back.
If it shamed them, good. Shame is sometimes a great motivator. Shame can be the catalyst a person needs to change their behavior.
Laura K shame not motivation. Why get clean, u already hate me.
Laura K Junkies have no shame. They are too selfish and are incapable of any feelings. If they are capable of feeling shame, they would not go down this destructive path. If they have a mental illness, (their usual excuse), they would seek out medical treatment. But they don't. Their only love is for drugs. This crime (addiction is a crime because it destroys families and societies) is out of control. I do not think America can do anything about this problem. Junkies are extremely resistant to treatment. The long suffering and hard working taxpayer's money is wasted on them. And for those who are going to argue that addiction is a disease, save your breath. It is not a disease and you are insulting those suffering from a disease who did not ask or wanted to be sick. Addiction and is a self-inflicted toxic lifestyle.
True
So the kid should feel ashamed because his parents made bad choices?
Laura K. you know nothing, junkies have no shame at all.
This is why people with legitimate pain can't get actual pain meds
joycloud. Exactly! And it ticks me off! Just wait and see how high the suicide rate goes up from true pain patients after they take meds completely away. That will be epidemic. I refuse to use illegal drugs, especially anything as dangerous as heroin and despise getting high.
jomaruyart. You're welcome! I've put over 15 yrs into research on this subject yet so many people don't want to believe it. I go to a pain management specialist also and yes, we have to 100% abide by those contracts. I don't know how (with the exception of unscrupulous dr's) people get away with selling their meds. It's going to do a lot of harm to people like us in the long run. Best of luck to you!
Jules BJeweled Get heroin from the dark web. You aren't gonna get any fentanyl if you use popular vendors. Buy a milligram scale and capsules and fill pills. Heroin is a pro-drug to morphine. Figure out the conversion rate, and by taking it orally you will literally just be taking morphine.
Edit: You can also buy a drug called O-desmethyl-tramadol completely legally online. It's the active metabolite of tramadol.
Fluffed Pillows. Seriously? Heroin scares the bejeezes out of me. I wouldn't have the 1st notion where to find a dealer, and especially a reputable one? My husband has been the one to score a little pot for me from his friends at work, lol! Fyi, my hubby's in his late 60's. 😆
Jules BJeweled Assuming you aren't injecting it, it isn't any different from other common opioids. It just has a worse reputation due to being the main opioid that is mass produced illegally.
I'm not saying you should do it, I'm just saying that if you legitimately need an opioid and your doctor won't help it can be used safely.
Opioid victims? They were just driving along, minding their own business when the opioid got them?
this is just so sad for the kids. 😞 as a daughter of two addicts, I always vowed to be a better mother to my kids. I have 2 boys & even my mother tells me how much better I am than she ever was. sometimes just watching things teaches you a whole lesson.
You know what I don’t care if people take ANY drugs, you do what you wanna do.
But the second you have a child you have responsibilities. Until your children are adults you do not take drugs, this includes alcohol
balf1111117373 this! So much this.
I Don't agree with that. As long as alcohol and marijuana are consumed responsibly, at a safe level, I think it's fine.
The second Ohio Arabian Italian mofia grab u ..u don't do they say b yo kids dead ...wat ya gonna do ?!? They do hold guns to your heads make u .. less u one the brave ..which most r not !! Threat is on all USA citizens not just ohiio !! Cops join them to keep own asses safe .m
Some people understand how moderation works.
i love how the one clip they showed of the mom on the floor in the supermarket, and the kid there, the person recording didn’t help, they just had to record.
Andrea G. I think it was security camera
Andrea G. I don’t think the person recording should have done so but at the same time what else could they have done. Not much. If they took up the baby they would prob be seen as if they were abducting her. I’m hopeful that relevant authorities were called for her at the time. The person recording isn’t the one to help the situation. It’s the woman who is on the floor that should seek help for herself, especially for the sake of her young child.
It's important to document what you see when you see something wrong. Not everyone can be a hero. What else were they supposed to do? It could've been another shopper, it could've been the authorities, it could've been store staff. Pics and vids like these are important for people to see.
Watching the full original video, it shows that the people recording were calling 911 and soon after a friend of the woman came and helped the child.
Why would you love that
I have MS and rheumatoid arthritis. Doctors are so quick to prescribe an opioid for pain. I live in Canada and got my medical marijuana card because it's better than all the harsh drugs I was given for inflammation and pain. We started having huge fentanyl addiction problems here in Alberta. I refuse to take opioids. Tramadol is usually what's prescribed, but I've been offered fentanyl in the hospital. No way.
Chantal Said. Unless you already have an issue with addiction you will not become a fentanyl addict while in the hospital. Most people who have had surgery recieve fentanyl or Dilaudid after surgery and leave the hospital just fine.
How do one get a medical marijuana card? I need for my Rheumatoid Arthritis as well.
Chantal Said amen
Stephanie Clark. You're ridiculous! I'm not pushing anything on anyone. Just stating a fact. I prefer to educate people rather than them believe that being given something for pain control in the hospital for a few days will turn them into an addict. It just doesn't work that way. But a little fyi, an NSAID medication would actually work better to relieve arthritis than an opiate.
FYI, Tramadol is a synthetic opiate. Get off the high horse, you take opiates.
Heartbroken for all. It tugs at my inner core. Thanks for sharing. It’s a reminder of the type of work you do to save lives. Especially the innocent. Thank God you came in time.
Pam Weinberg hi your gorgeous are you single
Why is this just now coming up in my recommendations 2-3 years later ?
UA-cam's stupid algorithm
Omg the little girl :( pulling on her mom on the ground.. So heartbreaking
people are so ignorant sometimes. of course the little boy is a victim but o are these people. as somebody who has parents with alcohol and drug addictions, yes, it has a large affect on the child, but the addicts are victims too. you don’t know how many times my parents have tried to quit, gone to rehab, therapy, it’s not easy. sure it can be done but some people aren’t strong enough.
in no way am i excusing their neglect, being a drug addict is NO excuse for neglecting your child and putting them through this, but it doesn’t make them bad peolel. doesn’t mean they aren’t victims. addiction is a terrible thing, it can happen to anyone. you can get addicted to medicine your doctor gives you.
it’s serious, it’s terrible, and it’s sad. doesn’t make drug addicts bad people and i have no doubt in my mind she cared about the boy. it doesn’t excuse her behavior, but it doesn’t mean she isn’t a victim either.
well said... we cannot blame them because ofcourse they have reasons why they take drugh in the first place and most of the time it is their escape from problems and other things in reality
Children deserve to be protected from harm. They are innocent. Addicts are damaged adults and should not be allowed to pass misery and suffering onto anybody or anything - victims or not.
I totally understand your point but they had a choice. If they knew they are addicts who can't control themselves even to the point when they're driving let alone with a child , they shouldn't have decided to bring the child with them in the car. It was a concious decision. Being addicted and unable to stop themselves is one thing and I understand that they might be a victim but choosing to risk a kid's life when you know you won't be able to stop yourself is just bad parenting and needs to punished. My only concern is the boy's image being circulated but I hope the look the on the boy's face will stop atleast some people using drugs and I certainly hope this boy isn't remembered by everyone and made into an article when he gets big
@@deku-kun3377 well said
We are all victims of the society we are living in.
UA-cam, WHY AM I ONLY SEEING THIS VIDEO NOWW!!!
Because it is pushing this on out to us..
@ Alaysia Pfautz,. Both of these videos were out before, may have been on news. Not sure of when but it is my second occasion to see these heart breaking videos. I'm going to try Google to see when/where it first aired
the American dream is now the American nightmare.
Christopher Davis Was Never a Dream it's been a Nightmare
Christopher Davis it was always a damn nightmare
I’ll take the little boy, in a heart beat. Baby boy, just to let you know your loved deeply. Family or not, your life will flourish into a wonderful man.
People knowingly make their choices, but have the decency to leave children out of your path of destruction.
Blows me away when parents say they love their children so much and then you see this !!!!! SMFH
and this is why i dont take oxi for my really bad back. i refuse to be apart of the statistic. yoya, physical therapy and a strong willed mind is what keep me going every day.
Shameca Rose Good for you. I really admire people who don't take strong painkillers for everyday pain and manage their pain other ways.💪
Na
Take the Pain killers
Stephanie Clark thanks. its hard, especially because i now have a 10 month old who is massive, but i have to think about my overall well being and what best for my little man. say no to these legal drugs. just as bad as cocaine.
Shameca Rose. Well yeah I went for 2 years in excruciating pain before being forced to take meds, opiates, but that doesn't make me weak. You are no better than I am. At least you were able to have a child, that option was taken away from me after a horrifically botched spine fusion. I'm actually 2 inches shorter after that fusion. I do NOT abuse my meds, never have, and literally need them just to survive. Without them I would have put a gun to my head years ago. Sorry but you can't compare yourself to someone who literally cannot walk without them, shower, do anything without them, and I haven't slept for more than 1 hour at a time since 1999. Only .08% of true pain patients will ever become a drug addict and out of that .08% they all have some form of dependence issue with something in their past.
Shameca Rose congrats on healing your body naturally, you are wiser than most
the ignorance in the comment section is baffling.
Mr. Wittke Just shows how deep this problem is whem most people don’t even seem to grasp what an addiction is
Cyril Fo yes. makes me realize why the problem is so massive.
Well it is UA-cam. Everything is funny and a meme. If you want to find a more educated area then go to a informative website.
Kevin Nguyen many of these comments are far from memes or trolling remarks, so as much as I understand your point it is flawed in regards to what I’m talking about.
@@ezcargo It isn't even that far. Why are people trying to seek sympathy for drug addicts on UA-cam. It obviously isn't going to end well. People on UA-cam are just apathetic to the matter. No one cares if these people died on UA-cam. That is just how twisted people are on this site. So don't waste your breathe on them.
What the officers did was shocking, but necessary for public outcry !!
They're getting desperate.
Totally agree Alexis!!!!!
Shocking is a baby trying to drag a grown adult in the aisle of a shop.. Shocking is that poor child sitting in the back of a car and could have walked away and god knows what could happened ro him... What planet are you on...
I'm glad they showed the photo . That poor little boy being subjected to their selfish needs of drugs . No child should have to go through this .
My eyes were welling up then when I saw the woman passed out/unconscious with her little tiny girl crying and trying to lift up her head, I lost it... I just don’t understand how ANYONE could let themselves get to that point, but with babies...😢small children😢 or ANY aged kids, it truly blows my mind🤯 I used to be afraid to even take sleep medication when my kids were young... I absolutely know that I am extremely BLESSED to not have ANY addictions and I was no angel in my teens and early 20’s! Once I had my first child, I never picked up a cigarette again nor drank to excess. I go years sometimes without even having a single glass of wine. I wish that EVERYONE could be immune to addiction but I know I am one of a very few people who are. Addiction runs deep through my family tree. I believe that I’m the only one in my family who isn’t addicted to anything, even sex. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy sex and don’t mind having a couple beers when one of my brothers come from states away to visit. But none of these things rule my life. I have been dealing with illness and chronic pain for 8-9 years now and was on Fentanyl patches and took VERY HEAVY pain killers, muscle relaxers, meds. for severe anxiety, etc...! But I was able to go off of them when I needed to. I had a family member steal several of my medications including Fentanyl patches (she cut them then would chew on them...). She was visiting for about 6 weeks to help take care of me while doing this. I found out that she almost OD’d a couple times right there in my guest bathroom she was using while she was there... My first husband almost lost his battle with addiction too many times to count. He was my best friend and the absolute love of my life...😢 I sadly had to divorce him because he put our two children’s (they were 2 and 3) lives in danger a few times. I DIDN’T KNOW until the third time and then found out about a couple more times before that... I really wonder now how many times that happened that I don’t know about.... I try not to think about it. They are 17 and 18 now. The oldest is in college to become a veterinarian and the other is going Pre-Med! Anyway, if you EVER get into a situation where you think, “well, I can handle this, I did this before when I was younger and didn’t have any kids”, remember that Satan is the one telling you it OK... Just think about the worst case scenario and remember that there is actually a chance that it could happen! Anyway, I feel so bad for the children involved in these situations AND for the parents/grandparents too. Get help as soon as possible if you can’t get an addiction under control, there are A LOT of help and resources out there these days, you just have to reach out and ask for it!
Love from Texas❤️🤠✝️
Robyn Smith you don’t understand because you are not an addict. Be thankful, not judgmental.
You seem like a wonderful mother and inspirational human being ✨♥🙏🌞
@@lishanthony8063 be nice, not bitchy
How did u just stop taking ALL that??
Man I can't see how people who love their kid's do drug's
its a disease--and it takes total control. Treatment is possible and the disease can be arrested. If someone decides not to to get treatment, they can be arrested instead of the disease......., or dead.
Gordon Meltzer low lifes playing the victim is all I see!
You still love your kids but it's like something else is controlling your every move. Wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Marv Lee they don’t
Addiction isn't as simple as everyone thinks it is. I sure hope none of you experience it although then you would see how hard it is.
i know this is serious but i’m sorry, it made me laugh that they threw in the seat-belt violation. that’s so mf petty OH MY GOD 💀
cassidy’s edits agree
I was attacked on a city bus by a 19 year old guy who was charged with felony assault. He also got a misdemeanor because he boarded the bus using a discounted senior citizen pass. Despite how serious the incident was for me i couldnt help but chuckle when i got the paperwork from the State's attorney and saw that charge.
Not moving vehicle. I don't pay tickets written illegally.
@@travishartman5662 What? You are not referring to this video right cause the car was moving the cop was following them
inility in that case good
It motivated friends of mine to get help. Seeing their lives look exactly like the photo. It helped them change.
Those cops made the best decision! I worked trial & error on pain Medes with my specialist when we tried something Brand new. It was Fentynol. It was so new at the time that a Doc assisting with my laparoscopy asked what it was & looked it up in his pocket PDR. I asked to be taken off it bc I hadn't needed one for a day, went to bed then woke up at 4am going through a withdrawal. I said right then that unless someone is TERMINALLY ILL, No human needs to be on that shit! Sucked for me 6 yrs ago when I tried calling around to help me get off the pain meds. I had SEVERAL centers at the time tell me I wasn't in need like people who are addicted to actual or illegal drugs. I didn't have insurance at that moment, so my mom & I just tapered me off till all my script was gone. It's SO dangerous & im so glad the country is starting to do something about it! Bless those that are fighting this battle!
Those cops should have shared the photo but blurred the little kid's face. The kid was already traumatized, no need to be known for it for the rest of his life. But honestly, I don't expect better from cops. Only the underachievers in HS and the ones with anger & violence issues and people who want to go on power trips join and get accepted into the police force...most of them anyways.
If you know of people wanting to come off opioids Kratom will help with the withdrawal symptoms..well until the DEA has it banned for no good reason
I wish I would had known about Kratom when my Son was fighting Cancer.
Great place to grow up ? That place looks like a abandoned junkyard
Brandon Petrovia it's even worse in person
really awful place...
nothing but junkies.
it's insane
@@aaliyahh8083 Worse than Portsmouth?
@M Detlef Oh yeah, tons of fun!
...Like stepping on diabetic syringes! 😒
I feel bad for the kids, never for the users
ACE Hinesight What does that have to do with anything? As an adult you have the power to make your own decisions. As a child, you don't. That boy had no choice but to get in the car where his grandma and her boyfriend overdosed. An adult can walk away from that situation
Beckah Mataronas amen.
Agreed 100%.
Don't feel bad for the users because they do it to themselves.
Beckah Mataronas you ar3 so beautiful!
Beckah Mataronas u will never understand
ACE Hinesight Not sure what you're trying to say
Hell yes post it. I’m a recovering addict and Im all for it. It’s by the grace of God that I’m sitting here today writing this comment and yes I’m clean. This is a epidemic of massive proportions and people need help. If that help comes in the form of a jail cell so be it.
Those poor children!!!! The fear they must b feeling when they can't get parents up and those grandparents put him in danger!!! I wanted to burst into tears when I saw the little boys face and when that little girl was crying trying to wake that mother up I did cry!!!! It is absolutely heartbreaking!!! And I'm so sorry that they have had to suffer that trauma!!!! Poor baby's 💔💔💔💔😭😭😭😭
It's not that traumatizing. I've gone through it consistently, that was obviously dramatized.
Opioid "victims" not addicts. Crack "addicts" not victims. Language is powerful... #cognitivedissonance
Good observation. I love the manipulating of words to persuade us to feel a certain emotion towards these drug users. 😩
Clint Davis You do know that plenty of people DO NOT get opioids with a prescription, right?
Right cuz it's the pills fault johnny can't just take 2 instead of 8
Addiction is a form of mental illness. These people didn't wake up one day & decide they wanted to be strung out on drugs . They're hurting & unfortunately became addicted to drugs to numb their pain . So yes they're victims not only addicts
Victoria Morris how is it a disease? Everyone knows the risk of sticking a needle in their arm to get high but then once addicted because of their choice it's now a disease? A young child doesn't make any choice to go and get chrohns disease but you want to equate something like that with people looking to get high? Looking to mask ones problems with drugs is a brokenness of the mind and willpower not some poor sap who got coughed on by the wrong person. Calling drug addicts "victims" only enables a sense of self pity which only furthers drug use. People get high for a slew of reasons however a person with leukemia or whatever has no choice in the matter. Stop enabling please.
I’m crying. The poor kids😭💔
That baby girl waking up her mother makes me cry..
@HAPPY VIBES that especially tugged at my heart. In the toy aisle too....that's a memory that poor lil babe will have forever. Did the mother or female ever recover? I don't believe ppl that use really know the damage that they cause.
2:56.. i can't.. i just can't 😭😭😭😭 poor babyyyyy 😭😭😭
why don't these public officials say anything about pharmaceutical companies feeding this problem? im confused cause i thought cops were supposed to target the dealers more than the users.
I wonder if a sympathetic video will be made like this for the crack epidemic of the 80s
Don't hold your breath. Those were all criminals and outlaws. These folks, though, are decent people who are tragically struggling with the disease of addiction, victims to these irresponsible opiate manufacturers. We have to be compassionate with these poor, good people.
(Sarcastic! Sarcastic!)
Check out "Snowfall" on FX. It looks at the crack epidemic with a more sympathetic look than any other crack documentary I've seen.
Also as mano a mano already pointed out the two epidemics are very different. You had a lot more violence with the crack epidemic, making it harder to look at sympathetically.
Yo, I was being sarcastic.
mano a mano Well your sarcasm has some truth to it.
The 80s? Try the 70s to present. You can still buy crack on the corners of the ghetto of my hometown. Or heroin. Ironically it is more difficult to get good weed (lower profit margin).
Sent to jail!? Get them some help they have an addiction problem.
They will get help in prison.
They can get help after prison.
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They actually offer it in prison. To get them off.
They offer addiction counseling in prison
I witnessed a car accident before and the car flipped over and it turned out that the lady was drunk so she ended up getting taken to jail instead of a hospital:/