Add meth and you've got the three big killers. Jeff Broadwick ConVergence Technologies, Inc. 312-205-2519 Office 574-220-7826 Cell [email protected]
> On Mar 3, 2016, at 7:39 AM, Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: > > That sucks. Heroin has became an epidemic around my area as well. > Prescription pills are much harder to get now, and heroin is much cheaper. > >> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:08 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> So another fella I used to know ODd today. He is the youngest of three >> brothers, the oldest having croaked out from overdose a few years ago, the >> middle is on the run after cutting an ankle bracelet for heroin charges and >> now the mom whom I used to work with gets to put a second son in the dirt. >> Somewhere between 10 and 20 of the folks I used to run around with are >> feeding worms now, I quit taking actual count some time ago. I personally >> don't care about dead junkies, while they're smacked out, they aren't >> people, just shells of people, a danger to everyone around them I help the >> few who can be salvaged, I'm selfish in that I won't expose my family, but >> for example, last year I dropped off a backpack with food toiletries, >> cigarettes and and blanket to an old friend who was homeless and in some >> need, but that's as much as I can enable these guys. Is this new? Or am I >> just hitting an age where the sins of our past begin to catch up? >> >> As an industry, in our scope, is there any reaching out we can do? We are in >> people's homes regularly, is there a link to resources we can provide? Is >> there any way we can be a part of the solution or are we just to isolated of >> an industry to do anything? >> >> I know it's a pick your battles world, nobody can help everybody, but this >> is madness, the destruction of so many lives and the collateral damage from >> one drug is astounding. Everybody, even homeless junkies are online. >> Granted our base tends not to be the smack addled youth, but would things >> like resource links on our websites, or outreach program info in our welcome >> packs be overstepping our bounds. I'm curious on a personal level because I >> have no other resource than my job. >> >
