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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, my cousin lost her son to an OD. This was several years ago, and to this day, she will not admit it. She says it was an "allergic reaction to medication". We all saw the toxicology report and while I could believe the overdose was not intentional, he had more than enough illegal (and legal) drugs in his system to kill Keith Richards. 
My mom is from Central Pennsylvania and has seen numerous friends and distant relatives who still live there grapple with this in their families. That area has a very serious problem and I'm honestly not sure what the answer is. That said, I grew up in Arlington and personally know three people in my age group who overdosed and died. My husband had a rather rare and complicated surgery ~8 years ago; we flew to another state for the operation because there were only a handful of surgeons who knew how to perform the specific surgery at the time --this doctor was one of the pioneers of the method and was working to train others. The surgeon was a wonderful person and did a fantastic job. Without getting too specific, he legitimately gave my husband his life back. Within a year or so, he/we found out that the surgeon had his medical license suspended and had voluntarily entered a treatment center because he was addicted to opioids. We thought he was doing better and then just recently learned he apparently relapsed and is back in rehab. It's very, very sad and such a waste because he did such good work and helped so many people.[/quote]

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