"He fought it over half of his life over 15 years. He fought it every day."
A mother told FOX 5 the hardest thing any parent could go through is burying their child. Her son, Christopher, died of a drug overdose after being prescribed a powerful painkiller 10 years prior. A program in Georgia works to make sure that same tragic fate cannot happen to future patients navigating pain treatment.
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