When most people think about the Chicago suburbs they tend to think of it as a better environment for their children to be raised in. Some parents even up root their entire lives to move their kids to the suburbs. All done in hopes of providing a better life for their children. By getting them away from the dangers of the inner city life style. In their minds they are leaving behind street gangs, a run-down school system, and drugs. There has always been a certain set of higher expectations of the suburbs. When I was growing up I lived in both environment. As a child that lived for the most part in the city of Chicago. I attended was Portage Park Elementary, a school that is rated 6 out of 10. When I moved to the suburbs as a teen, I attended
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This lack of acknowledgment then hinders the access to drug treatment and rehabilitation services. I know this from personal experience. I have lost four friends to heroin. It has hit so close to my home that my youngest nephew will forever be affected by this epidemic. His father tragically died of a heroin overdose. For the sake of privacy I will call his father and one of my closest friends “Teddy”, he became addicted to heroin after a car accident injured his back and the pills the doctors gave him didn’t relieve his pain anymore. He came from a wealthy family, literally lived in a million dollar home with parents that owned their own business. His parents could not accept the idea that “Teddy” had become a heroin addict. They were told over and over again but only responded with the usual denials, “my son comes from a good family” or “that kind of stuff isn’t even available in our neighborhood.” At times even yelling and blaming the messengers, “your only trying to give our family a bad name” and “we didn’t raise are some to be like that!” Many of us watched “Teddy” dwindle down to nothing. His parents finally able to see the sickness in “Teddy” began to look for a rehab center. The process is very discouraging, every place we called was filled. The waiting list for some centers were months long. In the process of waiting for a bed to open, “Teddy” overdosed. He was found …show more content…
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Healy, B. (2013, December 10). The movie that brought Naperville face to face with its teens' drug use. Retrieved October 10, 2015, from http://www.wbez.org/news/movie-brought-naperville-face-face-its-teens-drug-use-109332
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This lack of acknowledgment then hinders the access to drug treatment and rehabilitation services. I know this from personal experience. I have lost four friends to heroin. It has hit so close to my home that my youngest nephew will forever be affected by this epidemic. His father tragically died of a heroin overdose. For the sake of privacy I will call his father and one of my closest friends “Teddy”, he became addicted to heroin after a car accident injured his back and the pills the doctors gave him didn’t relieve his pain anymore. He came from a wealthy family, literally lived in a million dollar home with parents that owned their own business. His parents could not accept the idea that “Teddy” had become a heroin addict. They were told over and over again but only responded with the usual denials, “my son comes from a good family” or “that kind of stuff isn’t even available in our neighborhood.” At times even yelling and blaming the messengers, “your only trying to give our family a bad name” and “we didn’t raise are some to be like that!” Many of us watched “Teddy” dwindle down to nothing. His parents finally able to see the sickness in “Teddy” began to look for a rehab center. The process is very discouraging, every place we called was filled. The waiting list for some centers were months long. In the process of waiting for a bed to open, “Teddy” overdosed. He was found …show more content…
A. (2005). Drugs and Alcohol. Retrieved October 10, 2015, from http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/392.html
Davion, C. (2014, February 12). World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved October 10, 2015, from https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/02/12/chic-f12.html
Healy, B. (2013, December 10). The movie that brought Naperville face to face with its teens' drug use. Retrieved October 10, 2015, from http://www.wbez.org/news/movie-brought-naperville-face-face-its-teens-drug-use-109332
Moser, W. (2012, June 21). The Chicago Drug Trade, Then and Now. Retrieved October 10, 2015, from http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/June-2012/The-Chicago-Drug-Trade-Then-and-Now/
Ouellet, L. J. (2014, February 25). Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved October 10, 2015, from https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/organization/workgroups-interest-groups-consortia/community-epidemiology-work-group-cewg/meeting-reports/highlights-summaries-january-2014-2
Ouellet, L. J. (2014). Patterns and Trends of Drug Abuse in Chicago: 2013 [Abstract]. Community Epidemiology Work Group, 1-19. Retrieved October 10,