Nashville mayor's son dies of apparent overdose

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ABC News

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry said Sunday that her only child, 22-year-old Max Barry, has died of an apparent drug overdose.

An emotional statement released by the mayor and her husband, Bruce Barry, said their son died in Denver on Saturday night.

"Early this morning, we received news that no parents should ever have to hear. Our son Max suffered from an overdose and passed away. We cannot begin to describe the pain and heartbreak that comes with losing our only child. Our son was a kind soul full of life and love for his family and friends," the statement said. "Our family would greatly appreciate your thoughts and prayers, and would respectfully ask for privacy as we mourn the loss of our child and begin to understand a world without his laughter and love in our lives."

Max Barry graduated in June from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. It is unclear what exactly he overdosed on.

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,....more than half a million people in the United States died from drug overdoses from 2000 to 2015.

The United States is in the midst of an *opioid overdose epidemic, with 91 Americans dying each day from an opioid overdose


* the article does state that the drug involved in the overdose is unknown at this time *



** our current AG thinks that marijuana is the main problem ,....