An Ohio police department says it made the decision to release a set of graphic photos to drive home the devastating effects of heroin addiction and the toll it takes on families.
The photos show a man and woman passed out in the front seats of a car with a child sitting in the back.
"We feel it necessary to show the other side of this horrible drug," East Liverpool city police said, explaining its decision.
"We feel we need to be a voice for the children caught up in this horrible mess."
The traffic stop
The photographs, which the department posted with a graphic warning on its Facebook page, are from a traffic stop earlier this week.
When Officer Kevin Thompson approached the driver, James Acord, who was erratically weaving back and forth between lanes, he noticed the man's head "bobbing back and forth his speech was almost unintelligible."
Thompson said Acord was trying to tell him that he was taking the woman passed out in the front passenger seat, Rhonda Pasek, to the hospital. But immediately afterward, the driver lost consciousness -- and Thompson noticed a little boy in the back of the car.
An Ohio police department says it made the decision to release a set of graphic photos to drive home the devastating effects of heroin addiction and the toll it takes on families.The photos show a man and woman passed out in the front seats of a car with a child sitting in the back."We feel it necessary to show the other side of this horrible drug," East Liverpool city police said, explaining its decision."We feel we need to be a voice for the children caught up in this horrible mess."The traffic stopThe photographs, which the department posted with a graphic warning on its Facebook page, are from a traffic stop earlier this week.When Officer Kevin Thompson approached the driver, James Acord, who was erratically weaving back and forth between lanes, he noticed the man's head "bobbing back and forth his speech was almost unintelligible."Thompson said Acord was trying to tell him that he was taking the woman passed out in the front passenger seat, Rhonda Pasek, to the hospital. But immediately afterward, the driver lost consciousness -- and Thompson noticed a little boy in the back of the car.
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