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Friday, June 19, 2009
WelcomeWelcome to our website for our son, brother, father and friend, Mason Hupp. - This site has been made in honor
of him, his life, his death, the future and all that he believed in. We also plan to use this site as a sounding board
for how Mason died and to help others who have experienced the loss of a son, brother and friend. We have found that
our family and friends don't communicate our/their feelings of death, especially that of Mas and try to push it away.
The truth about Mason's death still makes us uncomfortable because we know how he died but not the circumstances surrounding
his death.
- Mason loved life. For all of you who knew him, you have experienced his love first hand
either with his giant smile, helping hand or the almighty prank and hope there are many stories to share. He loved life
so much that he never met a stranger instead he always met a friend. He seemed to trust too well and freely. His faith
in his friends is ultimately what caused his untimely death.
- We really have never been told
directly exactly what happened that fateful day but we have heard plenty of rumors. Two of the rumors circulated the
most are.....(1) while out for a day of fun on the last day of the Memorial holiday weekend, 2008, at the river and Mason
had a bad headache. Someone actually told us a "friend" gave him something to help his headache and it ultimately
worked through his body and killed him. (2) We also hear but not as much as the first is that someone gave him a gatorade
or water that contained a drug that worked through his body and killed him. The only thing we know for certain is that
someone he trusted gave him something for a headache or gave him a drink and 12 hours later he was dead.
- Mason
was given Methadone. And, according to the Escambia County Medical Examiner the amount was a small amount, perhaps 5-10
mg, but it was large enough to kill... on the first dose. We also understand from the coroner that if he had done it before
this amount would not have killed him. This drug is cheap and has become widely abused with the result ending in death
from one dose; especially those who do not have an opiate tolerance.
So, we set up this
website to keep Mason's memory alive and to hopefully obtain information that will help us work through our grief and
find a way to move forward and find closure.
We encourage you to visit the link set up to inform you of this
epidemic that is claiming too many young lives. We hope to open awareness and communication not only about Methadone
deaths but other topics as well. Thank you for the time you took and the energy you gave.
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Click here to learn more about Methadone deaths please watch 2 bottom videos
On this home page, we'll introduce our family and talk about our reasons for wanting a web site. We might put
a picture of the family on this page...or just a picture that we especially like.
Website Tip: In general, if you
wish to keep photographs of the family private, we recommend that you place them on a page and make that page password protected
so that only those users you distribute the username and password to those that can have access.
