This fuckin’ kid might not be alive in ten years to bully.

Fellow Appalachian-Ohioan here - seconding your statement. People who already use don’t care about stuff like this, but if teenagers and adults who don’t use but are at risk can take even 2 seconds to think about a photo like this before trying heroin, then it’s worth it. It’s one of a very few tools these…

Thank you. It amazes me how far people will bend over backwards to lay blame on those doing their best to serve and protect. They posted this picture to shame people into regretting using drugs in front of their children. Can you imagine if this was your day-to-day reality? Dealing with the worst scum on the planet?…

Whether good or bad, this has definitely provoked a greater conversation about Ohio’s heroin problem than anything I can remember in the last two years, and that includes the night where 20+ people OD’ed in Cincinnati because the heroin was cut with elephant tranquilizer.

Not devils advocate, you are one of the few sane voices here. I thought it was necessary like the faces of meth ad campaign. People need to see what this looks like because it’s not glamorous, you look like an idiot.

I'm just wondering what they author has done for the community when it comes to rehab? How many addicts do you rehab on a daily basis? Other than using the internet and blogs to generate a Mega-Bystander Effect, what has been done by the Monday morning QBs?

Don’t worry about it. Snowflakes are offended at what they see. It’s uncomfortable. Combine that with the fact that they can Monday morning QB and make addicts victims, welcome to Kinja.

This. I admit I have a hard time feeling any sympathy for the kid’s junkie grandparents and thei privacy, given that these same people fought for custody of this poor child even though they know they’re junkies and shouldn’t even be entrusted to care for goldfish, much less a child.

Yes, because the cops made them be junkies.

It’s weird that you’re acting like taking a photo takes more than 5 seconds. It’s not enough of a delay to make any difference. The picture will also be valuable evidence if, e.g., the mom’s lawyer claims later that she wasn’t unconscious.

You know shooting a photo with a smart phone takes like all of 2 seconds, right?

Actually, maybe you do. Maybe you should consider what you ask cops to do on a daily basis.

you’re right. we should have compassion for the plight of these poor adults. oh wait. no....its the fucking child who is defenseless. and yes. as someone who has had way too much experience with drug addiction on the life of a child I can speak to this ....can you? didn’t think so. Get the fuck off your high horse…

Terrific. Guess who cares about Las about that kid than the cops?

You’re right. They shouldn’t be shamed. They didn’t do anything wrong.

Right, its the fault of the police that his parents are gigantic pieces of shit.

The child was in no immediate danger and crime scene photos are SOP.

Good grief... This like an episode of the Walking Dead... Stinking zombies swarming all over the place.

in regards to number two, were the shit heads sitting idle on the side of the road or was the truck actively under attack? if the latter, i dont see how they could really charge the trucker for defending himself.

1. Why Britain?