Victoria Allendorf, who lost both sons on the same day to an opioid overdose, spoke of the helplessness of watching a child struggle with addiction and then slowly dying. The pictures on the back of her T-shirt are of her two sons – Terry, 22, and Zachary, 31 - who died of an opioid overdose on the same day. Its launch 20 years ago with a marketing campaign claiming that it was neither addictive nor dangerous kickstarted the opioid epidemic, which swept out of Appalachia and across the country. Rummler’s son, Steve, died of an opioid overdose in 2011. Chris Christie becomes unlikely hero for New Jersey drug treatment centers Read moreThe manufacturer withdrew the drug after the FDA call.

Source: The Guardian August 31, 2017 20:47 UTC