We want to honor the life of our daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt and friend Ellen Petty, who was taken from us at the young age of 23, from an overdose. She died of an overdose that later was confirmed to be 100% Carfentanil. She is missed and thought about daily. We started on foundation on her behalf the educate and advocate against the opioid and now synthetic drug epidemic that is killing our youth. We will continue to fight this fight for you Ellen! Your friends and family! Charlotte, North Carolina

Matt Cinamon
9/12/85 -10/11/17
"You left me with beautiful memories, your love is still my guide. And tho I cannot see you ... your always at my side "
For the rest of my life, I will love you.

Ann Arbor MI

Our son Roy lost his 4yr battle with opioid addiction at the age of 29. Our family will never be the same. His baby sister will marry without her big brother there, our hearts are forever pained. We miss him so much and have many regrets of words spoke out of fear and frustration. Oh but to have one day to tell you how much we love you Roy. Until I see your sweet face and hold you in my arms May God keep you . Mom

Nicole you always be in our hearts. Everyday is for you. Rip my butterfly.

Trenton

My good childhood friend died yesterday 6/22/2020. I love you Robbie. You were the life of every party and such a beautiful man.

To my daughter Amanda, may she found the peace and serenity that she was always looking for.
Rest in peace Amanda

love Dad

courtenay b.c

Dear Miles, We only heard of your tragic passing two days ago and we are still in shock. Our hearts go out to your best friend, your partner and your children as well as the rest of the community which you belonged and played such a big part in. With time we might be able to put better words to give tribute to your life, but until then our good friend, rest in peace. All our love to your family in this time of sorrow.

To: My little brother We started our physical journey through life together and now I have to walk alone. I know that you are with me spiritual. I hope you finally have the peace and rest your soul needed. I love you.

RIP Gone to soon, we will always love and miss you! Joey woodstock

My first born son Tommy Brennick unfortunately died from an accidental overdose September 1, 2016 leaving behind two beautiful children then 3 and 4. His incredible gift of kindness, strength and purity lives on in his children. Please keep all those suffering, those who lost their battle and anyone in need of help close. Let them know they matter, offer help, show them respect by becoming educated on addiction and ways to help. Tommy, my son, forever in our hearts, I’ll always love you and move heaven and earth for your children

Posted 24/08/2018

In Memory of my beautiful son, Robby Nelson - 09/16/82 - 10/17/09 - Accidental Overdose. There's not a day; not even a hour that goes by, that I don't think of you, my beautiful beautiful son. I miss you and love you so very much. I can't wait until we meet again, and I can wrap my arms around you. All my love and heart, forever, Mom.

My son Corey lost his battle with his heroin addiction on Oct 3rd 2014. My life was forever changed. He left behind 2 beautiful boys. He wanted so bad to get away from the drugs but that demon always sucked him back in. He was an amazing father and when clean he was the best son. My heart aches daily. He suffered abuse at the hands of his biological mom's bf between the ages of 4 and 6 until I could get the court to stop her visits. He suffered things you thought only happened in movies. That was how he coped with his pstd from the abuse. Nobody knows the reason a person turns to drugs. I don't judge drug addicts now that I suffered through my son's addiction. But I want him remembered as the dad who did anything for his boys. Who would help a stranger because he had the kindest biggest heart. One that was protective of me and his family. I want him remember for the living young man he was. Not the demon he faced and lost a battle to.

To all those out there hurting from a loss, prayers for strength and healing are sent your way. Please reach out and help those struggling with addiction. Recovery is a long road, but with the right resources and support there is hope for everyone. Fight the battle and win the war with addiction.

Cleveland, OH

Remembering my child Kelly who died from alcoholism at 39 11/18/2019 I miss you so much Forever in my heart Mom Posted 27/11/2019

I lost my sweet boy Andrew to an overdose on January 29 th 2012. I miss and love him everyday. The pain never goes away

Posted 31/08/2018

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In loving memory to my son Shawn Witter January 29, 1990 - May 11, 2017. I miss you so much my boy my heart aches. The herion devil took my son away. God bless us all.

Buffalo NY

Daniel Costello. Our beautiful 24 year old son .....Loving,caring,compassionate, fun-loving, and so missed by his mother and father. We wait patiently for the day the Lord Jesus reunites us all again. We love you Danny. <3

Posted 07/03/2019

Dennis, Dave, Jamie, Maggie, Vincent,Clifford, Stevie B and so many more whose names I cannot remember....beautiful, misunderstood and let down. From the days before Naloxone was available to people who use drugs, sadly not available enough as yet in many areas

My nephew Joseph passed away on 7/5/16 from a heroin overdose in Chicago, IL. He was 27, we miss him and mourn him.

3*1*18 My beautiful sister Shawna Ragozine, I love and miss u everyday! I hope u are now happy, healthy, and free! Until we meet again I love u beyond words!

Posted 01/09/2018

Bob we love and miss you. Forever you are in our hearts❤️❤️❤️

Rochester

My son, Chad , age 30 passed away on 3/17/18 from a fatal dose of herion/fentanyl .. He had battled addiction many years and had recently gotten clean with the help of an amazing Faith based Rehab in NC. He stayed clean for a while, until his wife, whom was out of the picture because she refused rehab, worked her way back in. It is a long sorted story so I won't go into all of the details , will try to shorten it up. She was in and out of the house again, since he had gotten out of rehab. He was trying hard to get her to get clean so they could get their daughter back , she did go to rehab finally, because of an arrest.. When she got out, about 2 weeks before my son passed, she seemed ok. I let her back in the house.. Fast forward to 3/15.. I kicked her out of the house because of the hurt she kept causing my son, he only wanted to love her , she constantly cheated, kept doing drugs, and it caused arguments.. She refused to work, or lift a finger around the house... My son asked her for a cigarette and she refused him and that was my last straw.. He would have given her anything and gone without ..I had had it at that point, so had my son.. She left and all seemed fine.. I went out of town for the evening Fri.. Chad assured me he was done with her and that she would not return... While he was with a friend Friday night she called him and told him she had "200$ worth of good dope and wanted to get together and talk things out" He gave in...Fast forward to Saturday morning. My daughter awoke to go to the bathroom at 7am and heard her brother snoring, she returned to bed.. 10am rolls around and as my daughter is sitting in her room, hears the wife storm out of the house, she didn't think there was an issue and thought her brother may have left as well because his room was now quiet. I came in at 11, and decided to shower. While I showered I heard a loud banging, thought it was someone knocking on my bedroom door.. It was my son's friend and he was worried about Chad.. I then decided to go into my sons room, found the door locked, so my daughter and I broke in the door.. I found my son cold on the floor with a syringe in his hand.. The police don't care, have not even questioned the wife, that left him to die, or the guy that was knocking on his window. I am devastated and don't know what to do or where to turn. The wife was even caught having sex with someone in a shed on someone else's property , there was a purse in the shed with drugs and paraphenalia , since there was no id in the purse, she was not charged, and let go, still not questioned in my son's death, this was just 2 days after he passed.. How is it ok for her to leave him to die?? How is it ok for her to refuse to turn in her dope dealer ?? My heart hurts, literally aches with sadness for my son... I guess I just needed to share this, and there is so much more I could say but I know this is probably too long as it is... I just want help.... I want to put an end to these senseless deaths.. There have been about 15 ODs in the area over the past week and a half, not all resulting in death, when will it stop? We don't even have a rehab in this county, they try to give the addicts suboxone or metahdone for treatment, only options around here, unless you have a lot of money to send them off to a private rehab somewhere else.... I would love to hear ideas of how to change this.... where to start...
Missing my amazing son daily.... RIP sweet Chad, I love you....

NMB, SC USA

My mother died on April 2nd, 2016. She was only taking perscription pain killers, and we all knew she was taking too many. We tried to get her into rehab. We called the cops. We tried child services, seeing as how her and my dad have seven kids together. They were together 30 years, but after her mom died, things got much worst. She became dangerous, and then one day, she never woke up. I miss you so much, Mommy. I know you're such a beautiful angel. I think about you everyday. I only got you for 20 years, but I know I should be thankful since most of your other kids and my siblings got much less... (She and my dad have kids aged 23 to 6...) It kills me that I never got to say goodbye to you, Mommy. You're my first love. I miss you so incredibly much.

Calvin Cali Cal Kendricks Jr you are my life! I miss you every second of every of every second! I’m sorry someone decided to sell you Fentanyl, You didn’t even have a fighting chance, that is murder! 6/17/88-3/16/17. I miss love and miss you I can’t wait to see you again! Love Mom!💜💜 Posted 13/07/2019

To all my many friends who have been lost to drug overdose, I think of you every day and you will always live on within our hearts

My son Jeff died in July . TIt was a heroin overdose with the "poison " carfentanil. I miss him every day. He will live forever in my heart.

Remembering: Foo, Jordan, Simon, Tammy, Brent, Ryan Love you always and will never forget any of you. I am inspired to continue to work in Harm Reduction to educate others on the risks of overdose. Miss you my friends, so much. Rest easy.

To the love of my life. A kind, generous, loving father, partner, brother and son. We miss you so much Sam and love you forever. Not a minute goes by we don’t think about you. So lucky to have so many memories with you. And our little boy talk about you all the time. He misses playing Star Wars with his Daddy. You will never be forgotten my love. Love you forever Mr Good Looking and I’ll be seeing you one day somewhere beautiful beyond the clouds. Posted 12/02/2020

For my son. Mike. Who died from OD on 5/14/16 We miss u every day❤️

life love and laughter.......... thats what you were...... my forever boy.... michael halvorsen ............ my gike.... i will always love you your forever girl is heartbroken boynton beach

María Silvia Vargas Espinoza Roberto Fernandez Flores

For my cousin Cody Peyton. Though we barely knew one another, we were close. Always there when I fell and needed help up. Putting a smile on everyone’s face. You should still be here with us. It is not fair, the one who caused the pain still breathes the breath that should be yours. Forever you are missed, but will never be completely gone. For you will live on within our hearts.

In memory of my daughter Stephanie Reed Fritts - my only child. She was 27 when she died from high levels of oxycodone contributing factor was asthma. I miss my daughter beyond any imagine and the pain is so unbearable but yet i live. I reach out for her, I call her name and I watch for her but there I have to live it all over. A drug a pain clinic put her on called roxtcotins or Roxy's took my baby's life. We were told at the hospital had the ambulance been called 30 mins. Sooner they may of saved her life but her husband did everything to keep himself out if jail while my daughter lay there dying. She left behind two precious little girls who stood and watched their mommy die. God help me how can I live with this and how can I live without her.

I have lost many people throughout my life to heroin, which has lead to overdose or suicide. I was lucky I came back the times I overdosed and now do not use and help others who do. To all my friends I have lost over the years, you are all missed deeply and never forgotten. I miss you Snappy. You left us with a deliberate heroin overdose to end your life. Many tears are still shed for you even though it's been 14 years. Dread and Dan you are missed by many. So many friends gone. You will never be forgotten. Love always and forever. Your friend M

Patrick Burns we all miss your Big Smile your silly ways and always seeing a beanie on your head even in the 100 degree Texas summer. Everyone misses you so much even your cat Mad Ball, Luv ya Mom. July 17, 1993 - January 28, 2013.

My beautiful big sister Jill, I hope you now know that it's the good times I remember. Love always, your little Yoda

Posted 04/09/2018

My beautiful son Joshua Daughtry left his earthly form on February 22nd 2016. 29 years 8 months and 11 days was not long enough to have him in my life. I miss him so much. Babu Mommy loves you and misses you every moment of every day.

wilmington nc us

Reno.... I miss you more than anyone could ever know. Your untimely passing is cemented in my heart. Your curiosity got the best of you and I couldn't stop you. Alcohol became your vice. It was your oxygen. My love couldn't make you stop. Your mind was tired. You were my baby for 20 short years. I love you, bambino.

We will remember you always. Our brown eyed boy. Love you forever, mom and Dad, Eric and Caleb

Dear Eddie, We miss you terribly and think of you every day. All the pain and heartache your addiction brought during our marriage and seperation pale in comparison to the news of your death on September 10, 2018. I've asked myself if there was anything more that I could have done to help you. Even now, I still grapple with that question. If I had offered my life for yours, would God have granted it? Perhaps not; he didn't resurrect you after I spent hours in the days after your death bargaining with him for it. Your sister is going through it as well, and we have grown closer. We have talked for hours and we have gone to lunch and started to heal a little. And then your autopsy and toxicology reports came to us, eight months after we requested them, and took us back to day one again. I wish heroin didn't exist, I wish addiction didn't exist, I wish I didn't have an urn of ashes, and most of all I wish you were here. Barring all of that, I will remember you when I go fishing, I will grant wishes for foster children in your name, I will hike at Quabbin and engage in our customary ignorance of the "Do not roll down the dike" sign. Until we meet again, you are loved and never forgotten. Posted 05/05/2019

To my dearest brother, you lost your battle to the devil 6 years ago today. You are missed more than words could ever describe but your memories give me the strength i need to proceed. In my heart is where I will keep you until we meet again. RIP Your little sister

Four years today... -Forever 20- An empty chair A dark room Clothes unworn The phone unrung Only the four walls know for sure, witness to his final breath and secrets revealed. Words unsaid No words Another day without him, then years. How can someone just be gone? Unfathomable He was one of us Retreating to that dark place, grasping for light A crushing sadness like no other Remembering a life no longer lived, frozen in time Peter Pan comes to mind Everything he has missed Everything we miss about him Memories fade, others come in waves His name unspoken The unspeakable tragedy Love still lives; it has nowhere to go Unreciprocated love Twinkling blue eyes That wry, crooked smile Silently laughing at the absurdity of life He didn't believe in dotting his i's He loved us all, but didn't say goodbye He visits in dreams Reborn as a hummingbird, iridescent wings flapping in eternity Joy coexists with agony Love never dies. 💗💗💗 California

For my handsome. Loving, smart, son Ryan who left us too early this year in jan 30th. He was home for. It even 48hrs and overdosed and we had to let him go! He left behind a legacy. His 5 yr old son who will never remember his daddy who loved him more then life. His 3 sisters and brother. My heart will never be the same I am so so sad! Milwaukee wi usa

Today I has a special event remember my brother related to drugs Overdose.

Posted 02/07/2018

Love you Christopher, you are embedded in my broken heart forever. My lingering feeling is I could have done more; but in the end, it was you and you alone battling this addiction. Peace be with you and your beautiful spirit.

I lost my best friend James to a fentanyl overdose on April 20th, 2019 and it still feels like yesterday. I miss you jim. Posted 27/08/2019

Shane Michael Gibson, 21 years young.  Our wonderful son, brother and friend.  Not a day goes by that we don't miss your handsome face, infectious smile, warm and caring heart.  Your passing was not in vein as you have touched so many lives and taught so many.  May we continue to honor you by bringing awareness to the struggle of addiction and overdose, but also the possible prevention.  We love you and miss you more than words could ever express.  LOVE, faith and strength.

Dear John, I love and miss you so very much, Sweetheart. I will see you when I get to Heaven. Love you, Mom and Dad san diego, Mom

We lost our only son Jason "Wes" Sapp on April 7, 2016 at the age of 21 to a fentanyl overdose. No one is immune to this tragic drug crisis!

Sneads Ferry, NC USA