LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS — Heartbreaking video has emerged showing a mother OD’ing on drugs at a Family Dollar store in Lawrence, Massachusetts as her 2-year-old daughter desperately tries to revive her. <br /> <br />Police released the footage on Wednesday to highlight the horrific consequences of drug addiction and what they say is an all-too-common occurrence, WFXT reported. <br /> <br />The woman overdosed on heroin or another opiate, such as fentanyl, according to local police. <br /> <br />Witnesses described the woman’s eyes rolling in the back of her head as her body lay limp on the floor. <br /> <br />The woman’s daughter screamed and cried as she tried in vain to revive her mother from the smack-induced torpor. As the poor child panicked, some bystanders filmed the whole thing. <br /> <br />The cellphone footage shines an uncomfortable light on America’s heroin and opiate epidemic. <br /> <br />Police said it was disturbing to see addiction overtake maternal instincts as a young child was left vulnerable by her mother’s actions. The cops also said they wished the person filming had done something to help the kid. <br /> <br />Paramedics arrived on the scene and were able to revive the woman with two shots of opiate antidote Narcan. <br /> <br />The cops later searched the woman’s handbag and found straws, baggies and drug residue. <br /> <br />The video is the key piece of evidence in the police’s case against the mother, who will be charged with child endangerment. Her daughter was taken into protective custody. <br /> <br />According to local police, children are present at around one in 10 of the drug call-outs they respond to, WFXT reported.
