Obituary For A Man Dying Young

I read the obituaries now.  I never used to. 

Today this one appeared...it was like no other I had ever seen.   It was for a young man who smiled back at me from the picture followed by these powerful words:

Yesterday my son took his own life. He did not intend to. He did something thousands of people have and are doing, using drugs. Drugs they know nothing about. Drugs recommended and provided by friends or strangers that are not chemists that know what's in them or doctors that knew how much his body could take. My son has devastated us, his mother, father and stepmother, his brothers, and his sisters. We also all hurt for a three year old little girl who will grow up without her father and his girlfriend who loved him just as much. Not to leave out his many grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews who have also been left behind in pain. Realize you have no more idea of what or how much is too much of what you're putting in your body than those selling it to you. Those drugs do not discriminate, by race, income, the status of you or of your family. These are those that care about you and those that you care about. Consider them please! The pleasure is not worth the risks! Goodbye my, we love you, and will miss you. Services  will be held at 1:00 p.m. August 8, 2007 . Friends may call 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. August 7, 2007 at the funeral home. Internment will be at a later date in the Memorial Park Cemetery.