The opioid epidemic in the United States is reaching horrific levels with another sad example involving children occurring earlier this week in Columbus, Ohio.
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According to WCMH, police have pressed charges against a couple after they were found passed out inside a stolen truck with their two children in the vehicle. According to police, 34-year-old Anthony Boster and an unidentified woman were found unconscious in a pickup truck in Big Walnut Park.
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Police officers said the couple had overdosed on heroin and were revived with naloxone.
The two girls found inside the truck were ages 11 and 3. They were taken into custody by Child Protective Services.
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Police then discovered that the truck they were in was stolen. Boster is charged with two counts of endangering children and one felony count of receiving stolen property.
Police, according to the TV station, have not released information about the woman found at the scene.