AHS Views

Wow. The police were called to a home where a 14-year-old boy had died after having taken prescription drugs that belonged to his mother and another person who lived there. The place was apparently one of the filthiest the police had ever seen (they called Child and Family Services), and there was a long list of prescription drugs, including methadone, Vicodin, alprazolam (an anti-anxiety drug), and several others on the premises.  The kid might be alive today if the others in the household had gotten addiction help earlier.

Amazingly enough, the death was ruled accidental and no charges whatsoever were filed on the mother. Unbelievable. The County Prosecutor said the kid was old enough to know what he was doing and his mother was not responsible for it. Excuse me?!

In this day and age, anyone who doesn’t keep their drugs locked up has to be held at least somewhat responsible for what happens when someone else gets their hands on them.

And where does the prosecutor get the idea that a 14-year-old is mature enough to not be tempted by those drugs? Especially when the kid lives in an environment that’s so filthy the police call Child and Family Services. The kid’s got to be negatively affected by that.

And he’s not alone. There are kids living like that all over the country. And some will meet the same fate. If you know of someone living in similar conditions, take it upon to yourself to get the parents to get addiction help services, no matter what you have to do. You could save the life of a child.