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A city in Ohio says it decided to release a set of graphic photos to drive home the devastating effects of heroin addiction and the toll it takes on families.
The photos show a man and woman passed out in the front seat of a car with a child sitting in the back.
"We feel it necessary to show the other side of this horrible drug," a post on the city of East Liverpool's Facebook page reads, explaining its decision.
"We feel we need to be a voice for the children caught up in this horrible mess."
The photographs, which the city government posted on its Facebook page with a graphic warning, come from a traffic stop Wednesday by city police.
East Liverpool police Officer Kevin Thompson approached the driver, James Acord, who was weaving erratically between lanes, noticing the man's head "bobbing back and forth his speech was almost unintelligible," according to an affidavit.
Thompson said Acord was trying to tell him that he was taking the passenger passed out in the front seat, Rhonda Pasek, to a hospital. But immediately afterward, the driver lost consciousness -- and Thompson saw a little boy in the back of the car.
The city of East Liverpool, Ohio, said it's trying to warn the public about the dangers of heroin.
"This child can't speak for himself but we are hopeful his story can convince another user to think twice about injecting this poison while having a child in their custody," the Facebook post reads
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/health/heroin-effects-police-photo-trnd/index.html
The photos show a man and woman passed out in the front seat of a car with a child sitting in the back.
"We feel it necessary to show the other side of this horrible drug," a post on the city of East Liverpool's Facebook page reads, explaining its decision.
"We feel we need to be a voice for the children caught up in this horrible mess."
The photographs, which the city government posted on its Facebook page with a graphic warning, come from a traffic stop Wednesday by city police.
East Liverpool police Officer Kevin Thompson approached the driver, James Acord, who was weaving erratically between lanes, noticing the man's head "bobbing back and forth his speech was almost unintelligible," according to an affidavit.
Thompson said Acord was trying to tell him that he was taking the passenger passed out in the front seat, Rhonda Pasek, to a hospital. But immediately afterward, the driver lost consciousness -- and Thompson saw a little boy in the back of the car.
The city of East Liverpool, Ohio, said it's trying to warn the public about the dangers of heroin.
"This child can't speak for himself but we are hopeful his story can convince another user to think twice about injecting this poison while having a child in their custody," the Facebook post reads
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/health/heroin-effects-police-photo-trnd/index.html
