Dead teen’s sister wants you to think before bootlegging
Posted June 12, 2013 3:58 pm.
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MAPLE RIDGE (NEWS1130) – The sister of a 16-year-old who died at a house party wants you to think twice about buying booze for teens.
Bootlegging is a big problem during grad season.
It comes from strangers, older siblings and, in some cases, parents.
Danielle Raymond says if better decision had been made back in 2008, her sister would still be alive today.
“On Shannon’s last night alive, there was a dangerous triad of bootlegging, underage drinking and permissive adults. Together these things precipitated the events leading to my sisters death, forcing upon my mother the worst possible thing that could happen to a parent.”
Danielle says her sister’s death was a combination of alcohol, drugs and the fact no one at the party called 9-1-1 when she started seizing.
“I remember the police officers at the door, my mom screaming, and then we saw Shannon. Swollen, bloated, dead. We assumed that because their house looked nice and because the parents presented themselves in a certain way that their behaviour would follow suit. We didn’t know that they often bootlegged and hosted drinking parties.”
Vancouver Coastal Health says 120 kids are treated for alcohol poisoning at the Lions Gate Hospital alone every year.
The 2013 Anti-Bootlegging Campaign is now underway to get you to think before you supply.
Danielle hopes no other family will have to go through this.
