By Amy EskindOriginal Source: people.comFour women living in Martinsburg, West Virginia, have come together as dealers — only they’re dealing hope to addicts who have hit rock bottom.Tina Stride, Kristie Plotner, Tara Diggs-Mayson and Lisa Melcher bonded over their shared experiences dealing with an addicted family member and decided to do what they can to help others in their community struggling with heroin addiction.Living in a small town of just 18,000 people, they are in the epicenter of the heroin epidemic ravaging the country. Illegal drugs come into the city on Highway 81, which some call Heroin Highway. The town’s young adults wander the streets, some with their children tagging along, on their way to their next fix. Heroin is not hard to find. At a “drug house” in town, the front door is propped open with a chair. Dozens of people were arrested in March for trafficking heroin, including a 24-year-old who was considered the kingpin. But it seems business is still booming.“Our town is dying,” says Melcher, whose home has become central station for the grassroots group they’ve dubbed: “the Hope Dealer Project.”Addiction has personally devastated Melcher. She is still mourning her daughter Christina, who studied to be a nurse assistant and had two children of her own. Christina had been...click here to continue reading