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Ten months later, she considers that a miracle.
“That was his wake up call,”
she said.
McNeeley, who lives in Bishopville, said her 25-year-old son called her to tell he’d been arrested — for heroin possession. He went on to tell her that he was addicted to the drug and needed help.
She was shocked. She thought heroin was something you heard about in the inner city.
McNeeley soon found out heroin use is now considered an epidemic in Worcester County — and the state at large. Between 2011 and 2013, there has been an 88 percent increase in heroin related deaths in Maryland, according to the state’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Larry Hogan, the republican candidate in Maryland’s governor’s race, has even pledged to declare a state of emergency regarding heroin if he’s elected.
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What about Wicomico County? I found a loaded syringe with blood on Pemberton Drive on the Sunday of the Wine Festival.
Weeding out the weak minded is nothing new.Survival of the fittest not only refers to the fittest,but the smartest as well.How many times I've heard someone say "but he/she had so much going for them.What a shame they had to die this way".Truthfully speaking,they made that decision themselves,because the overwhelming #s of us wouldn't touch that crap with a 10 foot pole.
Why do you think we send our troops to Afghanistan? They have had bumper crops of poppies since our arrival.
Think about that, then send your kids to join the Military.
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