The most heartbreaking cases are the children. A mother brought in her one-year-old who had ingested an unknown drug. When the urine test came back positive for Meth, the mother was livid.
“It’s not Meth!” she shouted at the pediatrician. “It’s just Heroin from my brother’s stash! Stop accusing me of having Meth in the house!” The staff sat in stunned silence. In this mother’s twisted reality, having a toddler ingest heroin was somehow “nobler” or less shameful than methamphetamine.
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It was a stark reminder that some people don’t want the truth; they only want a version of the truth that makes them feel better about their choices.
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