My daughter Angela died November 26, 2021 as the result of ingesting multiple drugs given to her by a friend. The coroner believes the combination of that with he**in, crystal m**hamphetamine and amphetamine is the cause of death. She struggled with being schizoeffective for many years, especially the last 10. Her problems began in her early teens and went undiagnosed until recently. Although Angela self-medicated, she never lied to me about it. The last time we spoke she felt like her doctor, a new psychiatrist, had finally found the right combination of medication that would help her stay away from street drugs. She didn't make it to her appointment , which was the first week of December. This page, and everything associated with it, is being done to honor her life, her determination to find a way out of addiction and live a normal life. By telling her story, educating others, bringing awareness of the dangers, I feel that even in her death others will live. BOAS works to bring awareness and education about the growing epidemic of op**te addiction and overdose. This page is dedicated to providing resources to aide in the fight against addiction and the underlying causes of mental health, illegal drug trafficking and misuse of prescribed medications. Many of us have lost a loved one to overdose and have made it a personal goal to prevent others from experiencing the same loss by increasing awareness of the dangers. In our country to date, the 2021 statistics show that over 100,000 people between the ages of 15-45 died because of overdose, many of them involving fentanyl poisoning. Fentanyl is a highly dangerous drug that is being laced into every level of street drugs available. It is pressed into fake pills, cut into he**in, co***ne and m**h, and it is dusted into ma*****na. People who are using for the very first time are losing their lives because they are unaware of the presence of fentanyl in the drug they ingested. For some people, an amount of fentanyl the size of a pin head is lethal. For others, it's the combination of fentanyl with others drugs or alcohol. Drug cartels are sending couriers across our open borders, through every way possible, especially "mules" who may be victims of human trafficking themselves and unable to refuse transporting the drugs. No matter how the illegal substances find a way into our country, it is through education and awareness that we will be able to curtail this epidemic. We must involve our families and our communities and be vigilant of what our loved ones are doing. We must make sure that mental health issues are addressed openly without stigma before illicit drug use becomes the answer. Addiction can be prevented much of the time with education about what may contribute to it. Shaming a person for needing help dealing with life should never occur. Ending the stigma of seeking assistance for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, DID, depression, chronic pain, or chronic illness will remove the temptation to self-medicate with illicit or illegal drugs for many people. Encourage your family and friends to talk about what may be troubling them, discuss options that are appropriate for their age and issues, enable them to trust speaking with you about their concerns. Above all, love them unconditionally. DISCLAIMER:
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