Is RI's Good Samaritan act saving people from drug overdoses?
Philip estimates that he injected $1 million into each of his scar-tracked arms during the 18 years he lost to heroin. He watched his Fall River home with its granite countertops, his job as a truck driver, his marriage, and his relationship with his two young children evaporate as quickly as the money he used to keep the sickness of withdrawal at bay. “It’s a chase every day, from the time you wake up to the time you go to bed,” Philip said. “I lost everything, just for a drug.” Philip arrived late to heroin, first snorting it at a friend’s urging at age 27 after becoming hooked ...
Source: providencejournal.com
