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Mom who lost 2 sons in 1 day to opioids: Give kids a life-saving exit strategy
I'm not posting this just to go on an anti-drug rant. It's just an article at USA TODAY.
Mom who lost 2 sons in 1 day to opioids: Give kids a life-saving exit strategy
Sonja Haller, USA TODAY Published 5:00 a.m. ET Sept. 26, 2018 | Updated 12:37 p.m. ET Sept. 26, 2018
Rebecca Savage had the discussion about drugs with her sons. They had the discussion about alcohol. ... They didn't have the discussion about prescription drugs.
"Prescription drug use 2½ years ago was not even on our radar," Rebecca Savage told All the Moms. ... Her two honor-student high school graduates died June 14, 2015 after coming home from a graduation party.
Her sons, ages 18 and 19, weren't drug abusers. ... They simply said yes at a party when someone offered them pills.
The Indiana mom has spoken about her sons to about 60,000 students and parents since their deaths. She wants to help teens find a way to say no when they're offered drugs of any kind.
Brothers Nick and Jack Savage died on the same night of accidental opioid overdoses. (Photo: Rebeca Savage)
Sonja Haller, USA TODAY Published 5:00 a.m. ET Sept. 26, 2018 | Updated 12:37 p.m. ET Sept. 26, 2018
Rebecca Savage had the discussion about drugs with her sons. They had the discussion about alcohol. ... They didn't have the discussion about prescription drugs.
"Prescription drug use 2½ years ago was not even on our radar," Rebecca Savage told All the Moms. ... Her two honor-student high school graduates died June 14, 2015 after coming home from a graduation party.
Her sons, ages 18 and 19, weren't drug abusers. ... They simply said yes at a party when someone offered them pills.
The Indiana mom has spoken about her sons to about 60,000 students and parents since their deaths. She wants to help teens find a way to say no when they're offered drugs of any kind.
Brothers Nick and Jack Savage died on the same night of accidental opioid overdoses. (Photo: Rebeca Savage)
