Dear Q, please tell our beloved President Trump thank-you for the EO “ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION ON COMBATTING DRUG ADDICTION AND THE OPIOID CRISIS”.

Our son, D., had great school years. He was a star football player in high school. Went to college and law school. In his mid-30’s, he closed his practice for a while in order to care for his paternal grandfather who had only a few months to live. Our son was caring that way. While lifting his grandfather, our son hurt his back.

After his grandfather died, our son came back to town. A “friend” of his offered him an oxycodone pill to help with the pain. All it took was that one pill to send D. down the rabbit hole of addiction. He went through about half a million dollars on his “oxy” addiction. When that money ran out, he turned to heroin. We sent him through rehab. It didn’t take. We sent him to another rehab. Again, it didn’t take. D’s addiction showed no signs of abating. I spent one night planning D.’s funeral because we expected any time to get the call telling us he had died.

A couple of weeks after that night, the police raided his house and D was arrested. After getting out on bail, he ran. One year later, D came back. A few months ago, he began serving his sentence. Praying when D gets out he gets on the straight and narrow. We told him that while he is in jail, he needs to evaluate his life. Once he gets out, D. needs to attend AA/NA meetings faithfully and go to therapy. P

We sincerely hope that President Trump’s EO will prevent other people from becoming addicts and will also prevent other families from going through the hell that our family has been through for the past several years. IMO, Oxycodone should be used only for end of life pain management.

Our sincere thanks for everything that you, your team, “lay” researchers, our President, and his team are doing to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. God bless you all and God bless America.