EXCLUSIVE My son died of a heroin overdose- here's what I wish I knew and how you can save your own child READ MORE: Overdoses now killing classroom of high schoolers every WEEK By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 20:08, 23 June 2024 | Updated: 20:08, 23 June 2024 e-mail View comments If it can happen to my family, it can happen to yours. That’s what a New Jersey mother told DailyMail.
com she wants other parents to know after her 25-year-old son died of a heroin overdose on Mother's Day. Patricia Roos’ son Alex was found dead on the street in Newark, New Jersey, 20 miles from their house, succumbing to his three-year-long battle with drug addiction that saw him through 12 stints in rehab and four stays in sober living houses. Like thousands of other victims of the opioid epidemic, Alex came from a good family.
He was born to two sociologists who settled into a pleasant middle-class life in New Jersey. He was athletic and smart, and he received a college degree in biology. Mrs Roos spoke with DailyMail.
com about the signs she wished she’d known to look for that could have saved her only child in the hope of saving other families from a similarly devastating experience. Alex Roos died of a heroin overdose at age 25 in 2015. His drug use skyrocketed during the summer after college graduation Alex was a varsity athlete in baseball.
He was sensitive, loved music - especially electronic dance music - and was particularly close with his gran.
