Debra Mayer is a wife and mom. She tragically lost her only son, Shaun, to the disease of addiction. In honor of him, she spends her time creating awareness about the addiction epidemic while truly focusing on helping others like her son and their families.
She is here to share her memories of Shaun and share his struggles which lead to his opioid and eventual heroin addiction which ultimately took his life. Debra is an advocate, a strong and powerful voice who has shared her testimony in from of legislators to create change.
Here is an alarming statistic During 2020, over 100,000 people in the US died from an overdose. Synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, are now the most common drugs involved in overdose deaths in the US.
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