In 2014, Tammy Lofink lost her son Robert to a drug overdose. He was 18 years old. Since then, she's co-founded Rising Above Addiction, an advocacy group that raises awareness for the substance use epidemic, and raises money to provide resources to save the lives of young people with substance use disorder.

On the episode of Straight Talk with Mike Gimbel, Tammy tells her son Robert's story and offers hope for families who have also lost a loved one to overdose. Drug treatment expert, Zach Snitzer also joins Mike to advocate for better long-term treatment options and more plentiful resources to combat drug use.