# Good story about the media and drug addiction

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-story-about-the-media-and-drug-addiction/790318>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 1, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-story-about-the-media-and-drug-addiction/790318 "2017-07-01T23:42:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-story-about-the-media-and-drug-addiction/790318/1 "2017-07-01T23:42:39Z")

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Whenever anyone on local social media criticizes heroin addicts, they get flamed, big time. I’m going to bookmark this story and post it for future reference.

[https://medium.com/@SonofBaldwin/the-media-treats-white-drugs-addicts-like-angels-who-lost-their-way-and-treats-black-drug-addicts-d193d42ea208](https://medium.com/@SonofBaldwin/the-media-treats-white-drugs-addicts-like-angels-who-lost-their-way-and-treats-black-drug-addicts-d193d42ea208)

Sad but true.

I saw it on an NPR Facebook page about a town in Ohio that is considering not sending First Responders to anyone who calls 911 to report a drug overdose. :eek: That’s something I definitely don’t agree with, BTW.