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 A Lethal Prescription
by Linda Surks
Linda Surks son Jason experimented with prescription pills and overdosed, leaving his parents' world in shambles.
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 What Signs Did I Miss?
by Misty Fetko
Misty Fetko is an involved mother who looked out for the obvious signs of drug abuse and took the opportunities to speak to her children about it whenever she thought something was wrong . However, her. . .
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 Keith's Law
by Margaret Wagner
My son, Keith, began his childhood in Fayson Lakes, a rural lake community in New Jersey. Keith was a wonderful child, with two loving sisters, Margaret Loretta and Cheryl Marie.
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 My Heart Asks, Where Did I Go Wrong?
by Kate Patton
Since my daughter died I’ve learned plenty about Ecstasy. Intellectually, I know it was Kelley’s decision to start using drugs, but my heart asks, "Where did I go wrong? What could I have done differently?". . .
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 A Mother Loses Her Teen Son to Prescription Drug Abuse
Stacy Hall’s son, Adam, would have been 21 this year. Instead, Adam died on February 17 from a drug overdose. He was 18.
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 Karen Lynn Berry
by Kathy Berry
In July of 1998 my daughter Karen died of a heroin overdose while on a home pass from the rehab where she wrote the poem below. She was 17 years old. She took my heart with her when she left.
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 The First Time and the Last
by Karen Jenkins
My son Geoff had just turned 18 years old when he made a fatal decision. He decided to try heroin for the first time and overdosed and died in his own bed.
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 Remembering Kristen Pfaff
by Simon Peter Groebner
When the news hit that Kristen Pfaff died of an overdose, a large portion of the Minneapolis music community mourned the loss of a remarkable human being. Pfaff was widely known as a songwriter and bassist. . .
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 Jesse's Story
by Denise Tecuanhuey
My son Jesse’s drug and alcohol use started around age 14 and by 15 he was smoking marijuana daily.
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 Ian's Story
by Ginger Katz
On the night of September 10, 1996, I lost my 20-year-old son Ian to a heroin overdose just hours before he was going to enter a rehabilitation program and I cannot begin to tell you how much we miss him.. . .
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