Page 18 - Addiction and Overdose: Confronting an American Crisis

“ There are millions of us addicts disguised as

regular people. We’re not all rock sTars: We’re

your neighbor or your sister. We’re in the

pickup line, waiting for our kids. We’re on the

pta. . . . My name is Jen. i’m a stay-at-home Mom.

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and i’m an addict.

—journalist Jen Simon, writing about her addiction in the Washington Post

“ it’s hard To waTch someone you love fall so

deeply under the spell of a subsTance that

turns him or her into a stranger. someone you
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don’t even Want To knoW.

–YA author Ellen Hopkins, speaking of her daughter’s addiction
to methamphetamine

“ The opioid epidemic is devastating american

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faMilies and communities.

–Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention