Hope Shines in Fight Against Heroin Deaths, Drug Addiction
As the death toll from drugs in the suburbs continues to rise—three Antioch residents died last week of overdoses—residents found hope at the Take A Stand drug awareness walk held over the weekend in Lake Zurich.
It seemed more than a coincidence when walkers concluded their 5K around Lake Zurich, Saturday, at the Take A Stand drug awareness event, to observe a rainbow around the sun (sun halo) at Paulus Park. Just before they embarked on the walk, purple balloons were released in memory of those who have died of drug overdoses in Lake County and the Chicago suburbs. While the balloons drifted upward, Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole played in the background. “We couldn’t have asked for it to go any better. After the walk it was amazing. There was a complete circle of rainbow around the sun and then 10 minutes later there was a double rainbow. It was like they heard us,” said Shannon Brody, of Palatine, one of the founders…
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J.Lyn
3:01 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
I HIGHLY recommend that anyone connected with the issue of drug use and abuse...be they parents...doctors...law enforcement...drug users themselves...read a fascinating book that was recently released titled: Memoirs of an Addicted Brain by Marc Lewis PhD. Mr. Lewis was a one time drug and heroin addict who went on to become a PhD Neuroscientist. This book is absolutely fascinating .He writes in … more ›