NYTimes.com: As a police officer in suburban Philadelphia, Christopher Smith always had trouble shaking off images of children scarred by domestic violence or drug addiction. His instinct was to save them, just as, when he was as a child, he wanted to be saved from his mother’s despair, stemming from her bipolar disorder. Mr. Smith found solace by volunteering as a church youth minister, but only some: He is still haunted by the overdose of a 20-year-old he counseled.
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