The death of a child at the hands of an uncaring person or products of industry is an agony that no parent should have to live with.

Or a child be killed by.

To see that this death is supported by businesses that only care about profits of products, supported by a political party and millions and millions and millions of people using and selling the thing that brought the death of an unfortunate victim, is horror touted as a civil right.

Watching the supporters fighting to keep death products legal is so shocking, it’s more like a movie than real life.

But it is real life.

And real death.

107,622 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2021, an increase of nearly 15% from the 93,655 deaths estimated in 2020. – May 11, 2022 Center For Disease Control

Matthew is the name of my son.

Killed by those that support the use, legalization, decriminalization and sale of drugs.

T.R. Ball

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/202205.htm#:~:text=Provisional%20data%20from%20CDC’s%20National,93%2C655%20deaths%20estimated%20in%202020.