Mother Who Lost 2 Sons to Opioids in One Night Doesn’t Want Others to Endure the Same Pain

Mother Who Lost 2 Sons to Opioids in One Night Doesn’t Want Others to Endure the Same Pain
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The evening before their mother found them unresponsive, Nick, 19, and Jack, 18, had attended local high school graduation parties. They had returned home at 12:30 a.m. and checked in with their mother who was waiting for them. That was the last time she talked to them.

Becky Savage, from northern Indiana, lost both Nick and Jack, two of her four sons, to an opioid overdose the next day on June 14, 2015. “Your mind is not really meant to process something that extreme,” Savage told CNN.
Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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