West Point Football Player gets Hooked on Painkillers

Jared Rogers was a senior at West Point College. Rogers was a defensive back on the school’s football team, the Army Black Knights. He was also a cadet company commander, a position given to only the most elite West Point students.  But Rogers never served his country. He didn’t even make it to the West Point graduation. The 23 year old cadet had a dark secret. He was hooked on opioid pain pills an addiction that began, he says, "after he suffered an injury at football practice."

1. How would you feel if one of your teammates was hooked on painkillers?

I would be shocked becasue one of our military members is hooked on painkillers.

2. What do you think should happen to him?

I think that he shouldn't be able to graduate and I think he should get some help.

 

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  • Welp thats how it starts, its not this guys fault, he wanted to be a good guy and go to and elite collage, play football, and serve his country, but those pills are so addictive he just probably couldn't stop taking them after his injury and no one found out about it for a while to help him stop. These a lesson there, keep an eye on your friends, help them during troubling time.

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