And OF COURSE he started out smoking marajuana! Ooops! I forgot it's not a gateway drug according to Pot Heads!

Sorry but there is no such thing as an "Accidental Heroin Overdose"! You make the choices in your life, seen too many people die of an "Accidental Drug Overdoses" just a PC way of saying that like so many others have thrown their lives down the toilet!!

What is accidental about a heroin overdose? Please explain.

Why should the 19 vials of "unknown liquid" still be unknown 10 weeks after the death. And why are investigators still poring over Mr. Reid's phone records? Shouldn't all of that been done in the first few days? Something stinks here!

who cares hes a druge

If some sanity were brought to bear regarding drug policy in America it is likely he might still be alive along with tens of thousands of others. In the USA last year, the number of people in prison topped two million. It is obvious the system currently in place is not working. There is no room for the rapist and murderers as cells are filled with non violent drug users. Treatment is a reasonable alternative and necessary.

This has nothing to do with drug policies in America. This was a spoiled brat from a fortunate family who abused drugs. His family's money and connections saved him time and time again. Here's a thought, don't be a drug taking and selling skell. As for Andy Reid's pain, will he pay for your rehab or your child's? Doubtful, worry about yourself and let the surplus population fall by the wayside. Maybe Andy should have worried more about saving his loser son and not rehabbing the dog killer Vick.

Now his kid is dead, his QB sucks and his team can't play for crap. Karma people, karma.

Unless you have a family member or know what the disease of addiction can do all need to be quiet. This is a disease of the brain and it is devastating. Anyone who knows anything knows that the road to recovery is not easy and relapse is common. Often when it occurs the addict will return to using at the same levels as when they stopped and their body cannot take it - thus overdose.

Addiction and drug abuse know no socioeconomic boundaries and those who think otherwise just fool themselves. Why people fall prey to this are many, but 85% of those that do have a history of some type of trauma or abuse in their background. Those are the facts.

What is the mantra for all to remember who deal with addicts - You didn't cause it, you can't cure it and you can't control it. Step one says you are powerless - that is the same for the addict. Until you have walked a mile in the shoes - you cannot speak of this. This is from one who has lived with an addict and knows the trauma, the heartache and the sadness. So, my patience for those who "think" they know how it is quite limited.

Is this the son that pulled a gun on someone but got off with probation or is that the other one? Maybe if this kid got some real jail time instead of a few token stays, he would have been forced to get clean.Instead his Daddy bailed him out and made sure he had plenty of cash in his pocket which lead to this sad result.

Sadly people die of drug ovedoses EVERY DAY but only when it is a rich white kid with a famous father does anyone give a rat's a$$!

First of all its horrible that someone's son had to die because of a drug. However, in this situation I don't agree with his death being called an accidental OD. If someone had a cold and they had a bad back and took medicine for their cold and a painkiller for pain, and something happened, that would be an accidental OD. When a person shoots heroin on a regular basis and they die, it's just what happens. I feel for the Reid family because I know what a tragedy does to a family.

We can put a man on the moon and sent rockets to explore other planets but we cannot figure out how to deal with the drug problem in the US? I know that I sound fanatical, but I would take all of that space exploration $ and sink it into the war against drugs. This is a HUGE problem. The drugs are TOO accessible. There needs to be a way that we can focus more attention to the drug problem. Too many people are affected. Many say it starts with marijuana but I think it really starts with tobacco use....I would be curious to know that stats on how many marijuana users did or did not use tobacco in some form. I have often wondered WHY in the world the tobacco industry was LEGALLY allowed to make $ hand over fist because of people's addictions to their product ?? We need to start focusing on our real enemies in American...the drug dealers. Thankyou to all of the forces that do bust these people. But they need more help. This is a serious problem and it is affecting many children ..either because their parents are users or because they are using at a young age. It is a WAR. I also agree...this was not an accident...everyone using is a suicide waiting to happen.

can all the obama freeloaders use their wic cards to buy dope? just wondering....might not be a bad idea to let them

Iam so sorry for Andy Reids loss
Now on to this post about OBMAMAMA FREELODERS BUYING DOPE . I think they trade ,, like what ever they have with foodstamps and money on thier cards , they do like 50cents on the dollars.. THIS IS A SIN ....... SOME REALLY NEED HELP , BUT A LOT OF THESE FREE LODERS ARE JUST BUMS... THE GOVERMENT SHOULD TRY TO CHECK THEM OUT HARDER ,, BUT MOST ARE RELATIVE TO THE GOVEMENT WORKERS WHO RUN THE WELFARE OFFICE.... ITS A DARM SHAME ,, AND A BIG SIN!!!!!!!

I can't even beleive how ignorant some of these comments are. If you have never had an addiction problem, never loved someone with an addiction problem, or lived life in their shoes, you can throw out accusations and insults, but you will never understand. There is no pulpit to preach from, no one better than another. This is a terrifying drug, making those who try it addicted slaves to it. Obviously there's a reason why someone begins this path to hell, but no one but the closest family member, friend, or maybe only they will understand why. It's an accidental overdose because they don't plan on ending their life, they just can't live without more and more, they need higher doses because they don't feel what they used to gives the same effect. Their tolerence is higher. Unfortunately, it's usually those who quit and try one last time that "accidentally" overdose. The amount of paraphenalia this guy had was obscene. Not even the heaviest drug user has/needs that much, especially not in a common bag that anyone could look in. The facts don't add up and it's a shame that this guy is yet another victim, privileged or not.

It's all about politics...poor Andy Reid, his son died, but he's got money and the news is reporting it, he made mistakes, so GOD FORBID WE HAVE A SOUL AND FEEL BAD FOR AN ADDICT. There are hundreds of stories in the news everyday about someone dying from an overdose, it's just that people think they're lowlifes and don't care anymore. It was the Eagles head coach's son, so yes, it had more widespread coverage, get over it. Go ahead and tell all of Hollywood and every media source that you're not interested in the sad lives of popular people and see how hard they laugh in your face. Because, unfortunately, people still watch, read, and talk about it months later. Hence, all the comments on this article. It sucks, but unless we change as human beings, we'll still be curious and feel something toward others. Sorry you didn't get the memo.

@Gigi. You talk about addicts as if they are victims. Get over yourself. They CHOOSE to do drugs and all the ancillary antics that follow. My sister's boyfriend was an addict. He took her paycheck for drugs, ruined her credit, sold her car for drugs, she was evicted because if him. She tried an intervention because she loved him. What did he do? He beat her and broke her jaw, nose, 3 ribs and put her in the hospital for 4 days. He had the nerve to blame her because she wasn't there for him. Gigi and all the other whiners, addicts are selfish and care only about themselves. Unless you have been on my side of the addiction keep your comments to what you know, nothing.

Gigi - Where is your distain for the fools trying to blame Obama for this and making an OD death into a political issue?

You Republicans are really getting desperate as it is sinking in that your boy Romney has NO CHANCE to win on November 6th.

people of all walks of life struggle with addictions of all kinds. it is a shame that some people don't understand addiction and judge instead. sad for anyone to bury their child for any reason.

Not a lot of compassion on the part of some of these posts. Is Anonymous ashamed to use his/her real name? Just asking. I hope that the authors of these snarky posts don't ever need compassion themselves.

Frances Hopkins O'Neill

Get over it, drug addicts are searching for the meaning of life, there is NO MEANING of life... YOU EAT YOU CRAP and YOU ARE GOING TO DIE! and all that you do is meaningless you will be forgotten... so puff puff puff it up and hurry to the other side, no one comes back and no one gets out alive, well unless your a JESUS freak, ahaha let you come after me for I am a son of GOD he will forgive me as he has forgiven you for being a sinner (sinner = one who gets of the path) if you look at the BIBLE - the best road map for LIFE, it does actually contain the answers if you only believe so again get over it you nothing your pound scum merely here for a few days then your lights go out and then what? No one knows... I see the hand reaching thru the crack and slapping us all for being so stupid, keep reinventing the wheel, keep looking for your purpose in like, or be a dumba$$ like me and just inject a little realism into it all, THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE what you say what you do what you will is nothing still... your gonna DIE, oh so why not do it the right way... ah its all crap I'm out... compassion that idiot was HOW OLD what was he looking for, what was he hiding from, did ANDY daddy touch him, did ANDY daddy or maybe Mommy beat him, as they mostly say no one really just does drugs for the hell of it anymore todays users are just that DRUG addicts, puff puff pass and see the light already people...

Wow, glad to see people comment on things other than the election articles on the patch.. anyways accidental OD is PR terms to soften the results of what happened. once you use heroine ur addicted, its a small chance of recovery and strong chance of relapse even if you do...OD is inevitable if you are not the rare percentage to survive. It is sad that another parent lost their child to drugs, but i can care less that this parent is andy reid vs. Another person. Its sad, but his son should have known better in the first place, you cant just try heroine, it leads to death...no other way to think about it. So with that, its hard for me to sympathize with well educated families who go through this...the son was not ignorant to the issue nor was drugs the only avenue in his life, he was a dumbass for thinking he could just 'try' heroine and nothing would happen...he became just like every other person that tried it..addicted, struggled to recover (even with all the money you can throw at it), and now it led to his death and a lot of people grieving...what a waste

I'm somewhat confused over " it's a mental illness/disease" to be a drug addict. It's all very P.R. to put it that way, but is it based on ACTUAL fact? I'm certain there are studies done my medical professionals, those who would love nothing more than to have to classified as a legitimate illness, hence something that can be billed for. But lest take a look at the facts. You can be born and raised by drug addicted parents. Does that make you genetically predisposed to taking drugs or is that " learned behavior"? Do people take drugs to counter effects of an already existing mental illness? I.E. " I only feel RIGHT when I'm on heroin." To me, thats not an illness related to being a drug addict, thats an undiagnosed mental illness that you are self medicating for.I do feel sorry for people who's lives are affected by these conditions but lets face facts here. We live in a " it's not MY fault" society. So And So gets loaded and runs his car into a bus stop of children but it's not HIS fault, his Dad was an alcoholic so he had no choice but to be one himself. Little Johnny was born to a heroin addicted mother than adopted out by some God Fearing well to do family where he later gets high and kills them all, but it's not HIS fault he was genetically predisposed to addiction.

My prayers go out to Andy Reid and his family. He is a good man, and I hope his family can learn as well as heal from this tragedy. www.firebrandcentral.com

There was enough possible suppliers at training camp for Reid to get anything he needed.

Although the family does deserve condolences, I wonder why none of them were aware that he was doing heroin. There are so many people out there addicted to this and I just have to say, if this was not his first time using (which would be bad enough) then please stop reporting on the news about drug addicts and their stupidity.

How in the world would it have been possible for this heroin addict to help the Eagles with conditioning at training camp? Ludicrous & waste of the organization's $. He was only there b/c of his father who obviously did something wrong in his parenting if both sons turned out like this.

The sad thing is a family loss a son.

Sad. I would hate for my son to think that drugs were his only happiness. To bury him would kill me.

The death of the Reid son is simply a symptomatic physical manifestation of a much deeper disease which emanates from the core of the Reid family.

To gilbert:::: I know people who smoked marijuana for years and they don't do heroin or any other hard core drug. Maybe tocacco is a gate way drug. Maybe it's alcohol. We can make all kind of arguments like that you idiot.

I am by no means an English major, and I know this is an informal forum, but the (lack of) spelling and grammar in these posts scare the hell out of me.