Post by Logan on Feb 28, 2016 3:04:32 GMT -6
Surge in opioid addiction, limited funding have led to crisis in Virginia
Kristin Roope knew she’d be dead soon, and most nights she wished for it.
The need for pain pills or heroin was overpowering, as if nothing else in life mattered. More, her body demanded, whatever the cost.
She’d lost her home, her Ford Mustang, her young daughter.
“I figured she was better off if I’d die. Then it wasn’t ‘mommy chose drugs over me.’ It was ‘mommy can’t be here, she’s dead,’” said Roope, who lived in a tent off Midlothian Turnpike where she spent every day begging for drug money.
Sometimes, the price of her addiction would bring her just enough clarity to see she needed help.
Read more: www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_b3f66ca8-84aa-5e01-8149-f1e82b10f030.html
Kristin Roope knew she’d be dead soon, and most nights she wished for it.
The need for pain pills or heroin was overpowering, as if nothing else in life mattered. More, her body demanded, whatever the cost.
She’d lost her home, her Ford Mustang, her young daughter.
“I figured she was better off if I’d die. Then it wasn’t ‘mommy chose drugs over me.’ It was ‘mommy can’t be here, she’s dead,’” said Roope, who lived in a tent off Midlothian Turnpike where she spent every day begging for drug money.
Sometimes, the price of her addiction would bring her just enough clarity to see she needed help.
Read more: www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_b3f66ca8-84aa-5e01-8149-f1e82b10f030.html