Write about in your book is mixed with cocaine and methamphetamines. So start off with the big picture and what got you into this and what gave you the incentive to spend four of your years of your life . I had a friend who died from fentanyl in 2010 before people were talking about it and before i knew what it was. But it wasnt until four years ago as a music journalist i was doing a report on why so many people were dying at raves. With this electronic music with tens of thousands of people partying and somebody would always die in the death would be blamed on ecstasy. I had never heard of ecstasy being such a lethal drug before and i found out that almost all of ecstasy is adulterated. Mixed with other chemicals. Exactly there was almost new one no real true ecstasy its all of these chemicals so i wanted to find out what the drugs were. And it turns out there are hundreds of new drugs that i had never heard of and most people had never heard of that are all synthetic, made in a lab
Incomprehensibly he seemingly did not grasp the toll his absence would have on those who loved him. Joining us in the studio is the democrat from pennsylvania who served in the seventh district. G lvthe morning. Guest thank you for having me. Host what made you to decide to tell that story . Guest it was obviously a difficult personal story but as that first month went onic i realized i had a public platform and i felt it was critically important to elevate the discussion about Mental Health issues generally suicide in particular because frankly were close to an epidemic of it and i just hope it was important to do. It was more a decision of taking my position and elevating it. Host how does the federal government deal doing with not just issue but Mental Health issues behind it . Guest we need to do better. Mental illness and Mental Health issues or coverage are inadequate in this country. The amount of attention and the resources we get we know you got schoolchildren who are affected
Out we could see 20 30 millimetres in the high ground of wales and scotla nd in the high ground of wales and scotland could end up with a0 millimetres of rain. Tuesday, low pressure still close to the north west of scotland and parts of Northern Ireland, still seeing a fairamount of rain. Northern ireland, still seeing a fair amount of rain. Later in the day this is with embedded thunderstorms which could cause an issue. 0therwise between those two extremes it is a decent sort of day with some sunshine but already the met office this yellow warning. Some of those areas badly affected by flooding in lincolnshire. More rain into wednesday and as that clears away it may be that as the day comes along we have more thunderstorms and somewhere in that warning area 30 a0 millimetres but some could get 50. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Hong kongs leader apologises as hundreds of thousands stage another protest against plans for an extradition law, which has now been suspended. I conf
Families. Frankly were a community that cares, we are an organization that provides education, support and advocacy around Mental Health dare in this country. As we have this discussion, our phone lines are a bit different, split up regional. In the tern time zone, or the mountain or pacific time stones, as folks are calling in, some stats on the state of americas Mental Health from namis latest fact sheet in a given year, and almost nearly 60 of an adult with Mental Health illness didnt receive services in the previous year. To put those numbers in perspective, how bad or good is that with previous years . Actually those statistics have remained fairly constant through the years, but what is shocking is if we think about a comparison to cancer. If half of all People Living with cancer had no treatment in the previous year, we week outraged as a country. The fact that over half of our country is living with Mental Health conditions, going without treatment, when treatment should be ava
When they go to school . As i dont know, maybe your daughter. Would you be happy they were would you be happy if they were then as a boy against then treated as a boy against your knowledge . I would not. Your knowledge . I would not. I want to get something off my chest you tonight and chest with you tonight and donald indicted again. Donald trump indicted again. Some say a witch hunt. Others say its just basically fair , say its just basically fair, due process. Which side of the fence are you on . Weve got it all to come and more. But before we get into it, lets bring ourselves up to speed with a nice latest headlines with polly middlehurst. Middlehurst. Michelle, thank you and good evening to you. Our top story tonight, a man has been found guilty of murdering his ten month old stepson. Jacob crouch month old stepson. Jacob crouch was found dead in his cot at his derbyshire home in december 2020. He had suffered 39 rib fractures and had 19 visible bruises and several internal injur