A quick warning before we get started.

This podcast is about drug overdoses, and this episode in particular really gets into the lived experiences of addiction.

There are references to abuse and domestic violence.

There's also some swearing.

So take care of yourself and whoever is listening with you.

Previously, on death resulting.

A friend of mine, Liz, hits me up, and she's like, hey, I got some money and I want to buy some dope.

She did not deserve to die. And we as a society have to think about, and different people can have different opinions about what value to place on that human life.

I mean, prosecuted by charging people with drug and lose homicide,

they ain't going to stop nothing,

because you never get the big guy.

They're out there.

They don't never touch no drugs.

They drop it off and give them somebody, so, you know.

I've been in jail most of this time now,

so sometimes I catch myself,

and I still feel like I'm 14 years old.

It's about six months before Josh Cook's sentencing hearing.

I'm walking down a busy street in Manchester, New Hampshire, with Josh's mom, Shannon Neeland.

We're talking about Josh.

And then, by chance, he calls.

Hi.

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