My son just died of an overdose and you judgmental hypocritical sheep wouldn’t know up from down.<\/p>\n\t
I’m sorry to hear of your grief. I’m a bit puzzled why you think someone literally on the opposite side of the world had something to do with this. I realize that you are just looking for someone else to blame, but I have no recollections of ever talking to you or your son. I show that abusing drugs is sinful and harmful. The teachings found on this site argue that suicide solves nothing and is sinful, so any contact that I could have had would have been to save his life, both now and in the future.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: My son just died of an overdose and you judgmental hypocritical sheep wouldn’t know up from down. Answer: I’m sorry to hear of your grief. I’m a bit puzzled why you think someone literally on the opposite side of the world had something to do with this. 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