‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip Artist Loses Stepson to Fatal Fentanyl Overdose
It’s beyond words when a parent loses a child to a drug overdose. It’s so unnecessary and it’s unnatural. Children are supposed to outlive their parents; parents are never supposed to bury their children and when they do, it’s one of the most traumatic, life-altering things that can happen.
No family ever gets over the death of a child. They never fully recover. They learn how to move on and continue living without their son or daughter, but they’re never the same again. There’s always this dull, aching hole in their hearts that never gets filled.
Over the past 20 years, many families have found out what that “hole-in-the-heart” loss feels like. Too many people have lost their children and found them dead, blue, and cold in their beds or in the bathroom. That’s a mental image that’s never scrubbed away. You can’t unsee that. And you can’t unfeel that.
While the deaths abound all over the nation, celebrities, just like anyone else, have been adversely affected by the drug crisis. Not only have celebrities themselves met their own demise, but they’ve lost their children and family members too. The most recent loss was the stepson of “Dilbert” artist, Scott Adams.
Last week, Scott Adams went on social media to discuss the loss of his stepson, Justin, after he overdosed on fentanyl. Justin was found dead in his bed with a fentanyl patch stuck on his arm. While devastated by the loss, Scott’s sadness turned into anger while discussing his disgust over China’s constant importation of synthetic fentanyl into the United States, hooking unsuspecting users every day.
Adams talked about the utter despair of seeing “my dead, blue, bloated son taken out on a stretcher in front of his mother and biological father.”
In regard to the Chinese importers of fentanyl, Adams said, “If we know which Chinese (pharmaceutical) executives are behind this,” he said, “… I would like to call for their execution.”
It’s almost certain that many other families not only understand Scott’s pain from losing his stepson, but also share his disdain for the Chinese creators and importers of synthetic drugs, like fentanyl into the country after being affected by the permanent damage drugs and drug abuse can cause.
Too many children are being buried by their families and yes, the Chinese are to blame for the drugs being so readily available, but the end user, the addict, shares responsibility in the situation. The reason the Chinese import fentanyl in such massive quantities is because we’ll buy it, use it, overdose on it, then ask for more.
No family should ever have to experience such a severe loss as Scott Adams has, I just wish his stepson had found a treatment center that could have handled his issues and helped him to achieve a life of sobriety. That would have been my wish. For now, my most sincere condolences go out to Scott and his entire family.
