“When your kid’s dying from a brain tumor or leukemia, the whole community shows up. They bring casseroles. They pray for you. They send you cards. When your kid’s on heroin, you don’t hear from anybody, until they die. Then everybody comes and they don’t know what to say.” DeathAddictionHeroinDreamlandOpioidsAddiction Treatment Book:Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic Source: Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
“Opiate use in medicine had been destigmatized by crusading doctors. But destigmatizing the new opiate addiction had no prestigious crusaders. That task fell to parents of dead kids and a few individuals with a flair for guerrilla political action...” OpiatesOpiod Epidemic Book:Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic Source: Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic