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Editorial: From a mom who lost two sons: The talk you need to have this weekend.

Like thousands of families shattered by drug overdoses, Becky and Mike Savage needed time and space - a breathless, agonizing canyon of pain - to begin to come to terms with the deaths of their two teenage sons. The Savages of Granger, Ind., a town near South Bend, lost two of their four sons on the same night due to accidental overdoses.

Smart, athletic and talented, 19-year-old Nick and 18-year-old Jack went to a graduation party together on June 13, 2015. Nick, a soon-to-be sophomore at Indiana University, and Jack, a soon-to-be

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