Portsmouth, Ohio -- Sunday, December 8, 2019
Jocelyn Cooper, 15, talks with her aunt Sonia Banks during a service at Rubyville Community Church in Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Jocelyn Cooper, 15, lives with her aunt and uncle — Sonia and Chris Banks —in Scioto County, Ohio, a rural community hard hit by the opioid addiction crisis. Cooper is starting a support gathering called “Directly Affected” for the children of parents addicted to opioids.
CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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