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Saturday morning my wife and I had to run some errands and left home around 8:30. On the way out I spotted a dog and a shopping cart full of "stuff". There under a group of cedar trees sat a homeless woman. She was not there the evening before. Saw her still sitting there two hours later when we got home. Saturday around three I walked to the store around the corner and saw she will still there. When I was at the door of the store I heard sirens and saw two police cars headed down the road fast. When I got back fifteen minutes later there were three police cars in front of where the homeless woman had been sitting all day. She had hung herself in the time it took me to walk to the store. I got the details today, 22 year old heroin addict hit bottom and did not rebound.

She should have been at the prime of her young life with a lot to look forward to but she hit bottom for the last time. It breaks my heart.

"There but for the grace of God, go I."

There's broken people in every dimly lit corner of this World.

Sad deal.

Sad story, seen all across the country every day. But doing drugs is a victimless crime right? Does anybody believe that lie anymore?

Damn. Sure hate to hear those stories. You always wonder ,What If.

yup, a lot of sad stories out there.

I have been doing a lot of that the last couple of days.

Very sad. Drugs bring so much misery to the world.

Opiate addiction is some scary stuff. I wouldn't wish it on anyone's family.

It's hard to understand how casually young people of today turn to opiates.

Even back in my rather mis-spent youth, everybody in my then wide circle of friends knew that opiates were a bridge not to cross.

Today, it's everywhere and people seem to have no qualms about playing Russian Roulette with it.

Heroin is all over up here. It's now cheaper than pills apparently.

To bad she hung herself before she could be arrested.

I'm with Bristoe on this. I turned 15 in November of 1950 and had already had lots of experiences but NONE of the guys I knew ever got in on the drug scene. We were cowards and glad of it!

A few of my gang made home brew so we drank that on occasion and purchased a Little canyon run once in a great while but none of the stuff that so many kids and adults are on nowdays. I could not understand the attraction.

Damn, that's a crappy deal all the way around.

Yes indeed.

Heroin is big time in hillbillyville where I live.

I have screwed up discs in my neck and chronic pain can make a person contemplate things you might not when doing ok. But I never dreamed of using heroin.

God have mercy on this next generation. A lot of things are stacked against them at that age.

Most of San Francisco, if not California.

According to this website: https://www.futuresofpalmbeach.com/addictions/mortality-rates-relapse/

Heroin addicts have a 78.2 % chance of relapse. Call me cynical but too many people must be making money off the drug trade to ever shut it down.
Pray for your children.

Useless POS is dead. Who really cares here?

Well, with the kids getting pumped full of Ritalin, which is a Schedule II narcotic, opiates are not much of a leap.

Sad state of affairs.

Jeez I hope that's sarcasm. Not wanting to pick a fight but.... Would you say the same had she been an alcoholic?

Everyone has their vices. Ain't nobody perfect.

I do.

In my youth it was beer mostly. Some kids smoked weed.

Nowadays a lot of kids are taking their parents prescription meds to get a buzz. Some of those pills are very addictive opiates too.

That's a bit harsh...man anyone can fall drugs, alcohol, gambling etc etc. Remind me to stay on your good list.