On July 1, Mission91裸聊视频檚 Aimee Robbins was about to leave her home to search for her 16-year-old son.

It was then police showed up to tell her that he was gone 91裸聊视频� Mason Martin had died of toxic drug poisoning.

91裸聊视频淗e was my only son. He was the one that made me a mom. I feel lost without him but I don91裸聊视频檛 have a choice,91裸聊视频� Robbins said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 angry. I have to continue for my daughters.91裸聊视频�

Robbins says the past two months have been difficult and there are some days when she doesn91裸聊视频檛 know how to manage.

91裸聊视频淚 hate to say it but if I didn91裸聊视频檛 have my daughters, I probably would have killed myself to be with him. Because he didn91裸聊视频檛 deserve it,91裸聊视频� she said.

Robbins says Martin was a loving and caring kid. He loved his family and his pets, and he wanted to be a great role model for his sisters.

91裸聊视频淗e was incredibly intelligent beyond his years. I truly believe he was born into a system that was a failure and he was too smart for it,91裸聊视频� she said.

According to Robbins, systematic failures with voluntary care, hospitals, the Ministry of Children and Family Development, probation and police caused Martin91裸聊视频檚 issues to fall through the cracks.

91裸聊视频淭o watch him go down the rabbit hole and everybody just dismiss it as drug use and not realizing it was mental illness 91裸聊视频� I watched my son die before my eyes,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淎nd I91裸聊视频檓 a strong friggin91裸聊视频� advocate. It was doors closing after doors closing after doors closing and it was frustrating as a mom. I can91裸聊视频檛 even imagine how frustrating it was as a child.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

Martin was diagnosed with autism when he was 11 years old. Robbins says her son faced a lot of discrimination and never felt accepted by society.

91裸聊视频淚t got to the point where he started to self-medicate with different various drugs, household stuff and his behaviours escalated,91裸聊视频� she said.

His substance use began with alcohol and other household amenities like cough syrup.

Martin was prescribed ADHD medication in elementary school in order to attend but wanted to come off them when he hit puberty. However, during a stint where he began to take them again, he started abusing them.

Robbins says when Martin could no longer use ADHD medication, he turned to recreational meth.

After his addiction issues escalated further, Robbins made the difficult decision to enter a voluntary care agreement with the Ministry of Children and Family Development in 2022. Robbins would maintain guardianship and custody, but Martin would live elsewhere to keep her other kids safe.

Martin91裸聊视频檚 biggest wish was to come home, his mother says.

91裸聊视频淗e would say, just let me come home, and I won91裸聊视频檛 do it anymore. And it91裸聊视频檚 like, buddy, but you91裸聊视频檙e an addict. It doesn91裸聊视频檛 work like that,91裸聊视频� Robbins said.

Martin was on probation related to 91裸聊视频渄rug use aggression91裸聊视频� and placed on house arrest in April for not following the conditions before he was let off at the end of May.

During two months of house arrest, Robbins says she had her son back.

91裸聊视频淚 had the most fantastic kid. He was coming home for visits, he was getting along with his sisters, he was clean. He really liked that,91裸聊视频� she said.

According to Robbins, probation is inadvertently the reason her son is dead today.

She says a probation officer was going to breach Martin for not following house rules in mid-June, but told him they wouldn91裸聊视频檛 do it until July 5.

Robbins says her son took that as free reign to have a wild week.

91裸聊视频淭he moment he was let out at the end of May, he just went loose. He just started going to the streets and doing whatever he wanted,91裸聊视频� she said.

Martin was reported missing during that time, but Robbins says police did little to help.

He didn91裸聊视频檛 make it until July 5. Martin was found dead on July 1.

91裸聊视频淚t was very difficult because I advocated for him to get into treatment and most treatment centres [say], 91裸聊视频楴o, he has autism, we can91裸聊视频檛 support them,91裸聊视频� Robbins said.

Robbins has since joined the Mission Overdose Community Action Team (MOCAT) and hopes to continue raising awareness that dying of addiction is not something to be ashamed of.

91裸聊视频淢y advocacy does not end just because my son91裸聊视频檚 story ended,91裸聊视频� she said.

She hopes to get a job working with kids who are on the spectrum and support parents with similar experiences.

91裸聊视频淚 think a lot of parents think it91裸聊视频檚 their fault. It91裸聊视频檚 really our system91裸聊视频檚 fault,91裸聊视频� she said.