By Rohan Smith at news.com.auA recovering drug addict has told his eight-year-old son the news no child should ever have to hear. The video begins with the boy and his father sitting across from one another at a table. "Today I had to tell my eight-year-old son that his mommy died from a drug overdose," he wrote. Across Ohio, a person dies every two hours and 52 minutes from a drug overdose. Heroin deaths are on the rise and a public forum was held this week to discuss the community's concerts around heroin use.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 12, 2016 06:42 UTC