TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) – Susan Keene lost her son, Derek Ball, to a drug overdose less than a year ago, but she’s using her pain to help others by starting a Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall in Tifton.
“There’s no shame. It’s a disease. The addicts suffer and they need support,” Keene said.
Members of Mothers Against Gang Violence packed up to head to Washington, D.C., for the Crime Survivors Speak march.
Keene represents the Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall for the Southwest Georgia region and she says her passion for spreading the word is personal…