Thanks for the work you're doing with The Healing Place, Mark. It's heartwarming reading stories like this of people helping others through painful and challenging times.

Substance addiction and drug poisoning are escalating issues worldwide. We all need to educate ourselves about them and do what we can to help those who are struggling.

Some practical things people can do to help are:

- take a first aid and CPR course to learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of overdose and give first aid.

- Watch a YouTube video on how to administer Naloxone - the lifesaving antidote to opioid overdose.

- Learn about about de-stigmatizing language.

- Join a community action team to help tackle the problem faced by local community members.

And as quoted in the article,

"Your highest accomplishment on any given day will be, what you do for someone else."