Letters from Cody
A Young Fentanyl Victim’s Letters to His Mom from Heaven
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To my son ... my joy, my laughter, and my lifestyle changer ... my dearest child who took some drugs and died so young: I loved you a lot. Mom • The epidemic of drug-induced deaths continues in North America today. Statistics indicate that there are approximately nine deaths per hour (or over 215 deaths each day), related to opioid use, in Canada and the United States combined. • In the USA and Canada over 350,000 people (including men, women, and young people) have lost their lives to fentanyl and other drug overdoses in the past five years (since 2014). Cody was among these overdose victims; in 2017 fentanyl caused his death.
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In the United States and Canada, more than 350,000 men, women, and young people have lost their lives to fentanyl and other drug overdoses in the past five years. In Letters from Cody, Eya narrates their story through a series of more than sixty letters reflecting Cody’s thoughts, feelings, experiences, and relationships while he was alive. It offers insight into the perils of drug addiction… Conveying an explosion of emotion as a teenager commits suicide via drug use, because of a family matter, Letters from Cody also calls attention to this underlying issue of American’s opiate overdose epidemic.
About the Author
Ariane Eya, a first time author who lost her son due to a Fentanyl poisoning in early 2017 writes an emotional account for Cody and all the thousands of teens who struggle with this epidemic of suicide by drugs. She lives in San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA.