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Family working to break addiction stigma shares son's story
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) — Alex Beatty had struggled with drug and alcohol abuse for a decade. For his parents, Yarnell and Liz Beatty, June 11, 2016 marks the day their lives changed forever, when the 24-year-old took a fatal mix of OxyContin and Xanax and died of an accidental overdose at their home in Brentwood. The Beattys' story isn't uncommon in Tennessee.