Heartbroken parents reveal how addiction killed their son and destroyed their family
Malcolm and Sally McCready, whose son passed away due to a drug overdose last year, are now sharing their story with others hoping to prevent more people and families from experiencing such incidents.
Malcolm's son and Sally's stepson Nathon died at the young age of 27 on May 13, 2018 as a result of a heroin overdose. Nathon McCready was no addict, as his father says, but "would dabble in it" once in a while. "Even though my son died, he was not a heroin addict. My son had a drink problem for many years and we tried to help but failed," Malcolm told Meaww in an exclusive interview.
It is Malcolm's understanding that Nathon developed an occasional drug habit while in prison. "There is a real problem in all of our prisons. I wonder how the drugs even get in. Nathon was in prison a lot over the last 7 years for small petty crimes. While visiting my son in prison, I saw how thoroughly you are checked. There is a shoe check, a mouth check, they check everywhere. It baffles me how the drugs get in," Malcolm shared.