the literary journal was started by a former heroin addict and other people here were also former heroinaddicts. i also received many submissions of people who are schizophrenic who have compulsive disorders, and i'm against the way this bill is because even though people i know have problems, they all have specific things that were important for them. parts of the city that meant a lot to them, and also, when people say they had a relative that was in conservatorship, at least a relative was there who they knew, and was interested in them and would come and see them also, one of the people i know who is schizophrenic went to the centre in minneapolis or minnesota and i think it is a good model that can help people. there are a lot of creative programs. you might want to look into it. i wonder how, or why melanie doesn't want to use voluntary services. she was forced to be conserved and how she would feel. would she have to be restrained? what would they do to keep her in a place? those are my concerns. >> good morning. and the president of the lot tuna -- of the latina club. i am here t

sheaat howard'sr struggles with heroin addiction. how old are you, shea? 9. >> 17. >> 15. >> each a casualty of addiction. the faces of a generation, left to fend for themselves and now approaching voting age. you watched your mom use. >> reporter: layla's mom is currently in rehab, just a month ago she was using. what does that mean that you have to do for yourself? >> grow up. the money wasn't goiod towards for anything. it was going towards drugs. gbmerinemg. rin o>> reporter: a week without eating. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: an unimaginable struggle too for jocelyn cooper. her father died of an erdose. her mother is still addicted. >> and i've called and got her beds at many rehabs. >> reporter: how does that make you feel when you call and set up a bed for your mom at rehab and she doesn't go? >> that's the drugs taking over her. telling me you love it more than anything. >> reporter: which is why their high school offers free lunch to each and every student. >>honestly, 70% of the kids that i deal with, emotionally are touched in some way by addiction. >

get worse life expectanc declines half of new million people sleep on the streets every night heroin addictsine the sidewalks of our once great cities but at least the federal government can play for specialized detention center fo transgender migrants in new mexico. 30 million americans don't havel health insurance and millions more pay way more than they can afford for health insurance. they get all the free healthcar they want that includes mental health services and dental. can you afford dental insurance? if not, you might want to seek asylum. itit could be worth it for the amenities alone prayed there is ibur indoor basketball court an the library and their free time they sing opera. for real. ♪ singing >> when the migrants aren't listening to opera, or singing opera, or learning how to be more feminine they're getting free legal aid that the government invites to visit the detention center bread. >> program for access to legal services which is part of the legal aid organization. we're not affiliated with the government we come here every tuesday and thursday to give yo information ab

heroin addicts cities, federal government can pay for a specialized center for migrants in new mexico all. 30 million americans don't have health insurance and millions more pay way more than they can afford for heck health insurance, transgender migrants don't have to worry about that at all. according to ice's latest press release they get all the free healthcare they want that includes mental health services and dental. can you afford dental insurance. if not you might want to seek asylum. it could be worth it for the amenities alone. transgender migrants in new mexico have televisions and microwaves indoor basketball court and a library in their free time they sing opera for real. here is still more video. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: migrants aren't listening to opera or singing opera or learning how to be more family numb legal aid from the left wing activists. >> we are here tout program for access to legal services part of a new mexico legal aid organization. we are not affiliated with the government but we come here every tuesday and thursday to give you information about this asylum p

among prisoners they come in and they are addicted to heroin in particular is to give them here whenthe evidence is pretty clear and nobody debates that i would just call the war didn't say why in the earth are you not giving heroin to prisoners. we should do that but also we should call the guy who is running against the legislature who's running on the platform don't give heroin to prisoners in the guy against him assaying the scientific evidence says so. so first to figure out who will win that election but in texas what we're up against you have great journalism and great books we are convinced that we convince ourselves but yet actually translating policy excuse me evidence into good policy remains as far as i'm concerned journalism and legislation so how do we do that quick's because we have known about this for a long time. so what do we do? so what do you do you have command. >> and to talk about all the stories and that's my life. but i actually believe it is important to tell the story of misconduct or a fraud. and that is really important because what happens and we do tha

became a heroin addict. you know., but that was a pivotal moment for sure. i mean, i was a pot dealer before that, and that was part of my crime. you know, i had two marijuana priors, but, god, it sent me in a horrible direction. not only did it impact me and, of course, pat, who's no longer here, our families, your family, josh's family. >> did you carry some guilt over patrick's -- >> oh, yeah. yeah. so i don't know if you realize, but pat -- the only reason he was on my couch was because we drank that night and i told him he could crash on the couch. and he ended up getting killed. because i was, you know, selling pot and you guys decided to target me, man. this guy would be alive today if i didn't offer the couch or maybe if i wasn't selling pot or, you know -- you know. >> there's nothing that justifies me coming into your space and doing that. and nothing you could have done would have prevented that. that was -- that's mine to own. there is nothing in this whole situation that isn't my responsibility. and you n

story in class and it was about the fact that all of the evidence says the best way to treat heroin addiction among prisoners, in other words they come into prison, they are addicted, it could be any opioid, it but it is to give them heroin. what evidence there is is pretty clear and actually nobody debates that, and he said, i'm going to call the board and say, why on earth are you not giving heroin to prisoners? that is awesome. you should do that. here's what you should also do. you should call the guy who is running against the legislator, this is texas, of course, who is running on a platform of don't give heroin to prisoners, and the guy running against him who is saying, it's a good idea because scientific evidence says so. i want you to first figure out who is going to win that election, i'm going to bet you a real nice dinner on it, and texas. we doe are up against is the great journalism, write the great books, we hear policy stories over and over, we have convinced ourselves and yet actually translating policy, policy stories, or actually translating evidence to good policy remains

shea howard's father struggled with heroin addiction. >> how old are you? 17. >> each wit a casualty of addiction. the faces of a generation left to fend for themselves. and now approaching voting age. >> you watched your mom use. >> yes. >> leila's mom is currently in rehab. just a month ago, she was using. >> what doest that mean tha you have to do for yourself? >> grow up. the money wasn't going towards food or anything. itar was going tow drugs. i remember going a week without >> a week without eating. >> mm-hmm. >> an abunimaginle struggle, too, for jocelyn cooper. her father died of an overdose. her mother is still addicted. >> i called and got her beds at many rehabs >> how does it make you feel when you call and set up a bed for your mom at rehab, and she doesn't go? >> that's the drugs taking over her. you tell me you love me more than anything. that was the truth, then you would get off drugs. >> which is why their high school offers free lunch to each and every student. >> honestly, 70% of the kids that i deal with, sociall and emotionally in my

policy ideas, so the guys come home, brace themselves and 90% of the addicts stopped using heroin overnight. just stopped. no intervention, no policies, no detox, dear. 5% of them became re- addicted the following year. what happened? you get the answer you talk to them, they will tell you it feels like you're being enveloped by love. love. that is how helen feels. when you come home, you do get involved in your love. decades later, or chemically was happening in their brains coming back, they were getting a hormone that is estimated when you feel oxytocin and those receptors are filled by opiates and heroin. that's what gives this simulation. that's why the addicted, almost always it is doing something to repair something that is broken in a person. they are self-medicating. that is the key thing, when you see your kids and your wife, remember the first time, did you help deliver your children? >> i did. >> it feels like you're helping but you're really not. they give scissors, keep it out of the way. the first time you look in their little eyes, something popped in your brain, that's ofte

they have the second highest overdose rate in the country shane howard's father struggled with heroin addictionocelyn >> 15. >> 17. >> reporter: each a casualty of addiction. the faces of a generation left to fend for themselves, and now approaching voting age you watched your mom use. >> yes. >> reporter: laila's mom is currently in rehab just a month ago, she was using. what does that mean that you have to do for yourself? >> grow up the money wasn't going towards food or anything it was going towards drugs i remember going a week without eating >> reporter: a week without eating. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: an unimaginable struggle, too, for jocelyn cooper her father died of an overdose her mother is still addicted >> i've called and got her beds at many rehabs. >> reporter: how does that make you feel, you set up a rehab bed for your mom and she doesn't go. >> drugs have taken over her you tell me you love me more than anything. if that was the truth then you'd get off drugs. >> reporter: which is why their high school offers free lunch to each and every student. >> honestly, 70% of the kids i

deadly effects of fentanyl and efforts to place the synthetic opioid in the same class of addict i drugs as heroin. they also talked about fentanyl knockoffs. the senate judiciary committee is chaired by senator lindsey graham of south carolina.

after breaking his neck in a car accident out-of- state nicholas olsen said he got addicted to prescription drugs and heroin. >> i tried outpatient treatment and i have been to other programs but i just never got anywhere with it. >> reporter: it led him to a substance abuse program. >> i thought this is great. this is an option now. >> reporter: it replaces cannabis for opioids. >> reporter: they found it family recovery and said that it offers a more compassionate way to detox. >> people being able to sleep while they are in withdraw and detox is a huge benefit. it is the best thing for people that are detoxing and cannabis let's that happen safely. >> reporter: he uses a vape pens 2 to 3 times a day under the guidance of doctors and therapists and takes care not to drive under the influence. he said cannabis frees him from debilitating neck pain, anxiety, and insomnia. he adds that cannabis is safer than opioids with far less potential for a deadly overdose. >> there are examples of people who have had accidents under the influence of cannabis but the incidents are extremely low. >> reporter: opioid use

we knew he had no idea that this was a serious addiction. a heroin level addiction. indeed the suicide risk but the industry has managed to retain control through their voluntary levy so that actually that message is not got out to parents, to the medical profession, to all people who should be there at that first stage of intervention. when jack died, we we re intervention. when jack died, we were stunned by the complacency really. we spoke to other parents who were similarly bereaved. we all decided the most important task was to warn other parents because nobody else was doing it. you've certainly done that today. give a coming in to speak to us. and thanks to claire murdoch. from the remote gambling association, they say, we support these new clinics and through continued funding by industry, these charitable services are able to provide free of charge treatments for anyone affected by gambling, the national gambling helpline. at the time, it's nearly ten to eight. after the freezing cold wet weather, carol is on the hms enterprise on the thames. warm weather and

began classes at city college, i was 18 years old and i was debilitate bid mental illness and addicted to heroin. in coming here to speak, i noticed each of the classes which had the greatest impact on my life is under the chopping block. the first class i took was cinema studies 18. i took it as a lark because nothing was going on in my life and i became involved to save city college, a journalist student and everything stems directly from these classes, which are labeled as electives, sparsely attended lead me to other things in my life. city college is the only place where i have seen true class mobility without of course conclusion, without the consequences of onerous debt. beyond the $311 million each year that it provides in new salary, it's the place where the working class and immigrants of our city come to understand themselves and connected to the functions of our society and governance for the better. our reputation of a leader in thoughtfulness comes directly from the fact we have created access for each and every person in san francisco through our functions. it is outrageous, the c

phil: your niece was born addicted to heroin and methadone. >> announcer: a mother wants her daughter> i'm in a shelter. >> announcer: claims she's a fit parent. >> dr. phil: the daughter missed 70 days of school. is that a good mom? >> i'm a drug addict in recovery. i deserve more credit. >> dr. phil: it's not about you. it's about the child. >> dr. phil: let's do it! >> have a good show, everybody. >> dr. phil: this is a safe place to talk about hard things. >> stand by, i'll count you down. >> dr. phil: today will be a changing day in your life. >> five, four -- >> dr. phil: i'm not giving up on you.

king county prosecutors and the law enforcement some estimate up to 50% of the homeless addicted to opioids, heroin, fentanyl and other synthetics. 80% of the people unsheltered, people in the cars, tents and r.v.s suffer from the substance abuse disorders. if you look out the numbers only 6% of the people on the street say it's because of the rising rent. 80% of the people on the street are suffering from addiction. but until we address it we can't solve the problem. >> tucker: there are no opium fields in the country. the drugs come from abroad, from mexico largely. this is a foreign policy crisis as well. why does nobody say that? >> it is. i have spoken to the field office in seattle and they estimate 80% of the heroin and the fentanyl will come from the mexican drug cartels. 20% is shipped through the usps and the commercial mail directly from the fentanyl manufacturers in china. so what i estimate if you put it together, there is 1.8 billion business supplying fentanyl to the california, oregon and washington. we are sending drugs to the cartels, opium manufacturers in china and the organized

addiction. it is a heroine level addiction. yes, it‘s very unfortunate. but it‘s takena group yes, it‘s very unfortunate. but it‘s taken a group of families to correlate the statistics across the world about the suicide and completed suicides but what happened afterjack died we met up with other families and we were stunned by the complacency we found in the organisations that were supposed to help, and we set up gambling with lives to let other parents know because if we felt if somebody letters now he would be alive today. in discussions with jack, those who spoke to him about it, was he aware of the difficulties he was getting into? i think he knew he was addicted but none of us knew the severity of the addiction or it could be fatal. he thought it was a bit of fun. we thought it was a bit of fun. we thought he would just being a 17—year—old initially. there is no warnings on the product, there is no warnings on the product, there is no warnings on the games in the bookmakers, there is no warnings online that, actually, this

heroin. then he tried a new approach to beat the addiction. >> it is great this is an option now. >> tonight at 7, compassionate detox through cannabis. >> misuse potential is extraordinarily low. >> studies aren't there to be able to recommend cannabis as a treatment yet. >>> watch the 7 pm news, tonight on kpix 5. expect more. >>> you are watching kpix 5 at 5:30 pm. >>> other top stories, sacramento police officer tara o'sullivan was killed by a gun man last night . the officer was the bay area native that grew up in pleasant hill and martinez. officer o'sullivan was on the job for less than six months before she was killed. >>> and attempted burglary in sunnyvale turns into a release for chase. the suspect is accused of trying to rob a chevron station. police tell us a k-9 tried taking down the suspect but that did not work out. the dog was injured. the suspect was arrested. >>> good evening. a tough test for teachers in santa cruz through no fault of their own. the rank at the bottom of the list among u.s. educators. it is the least affordable city and america right now for teachers. it

science or medical fact and to be good we don't go to it but you mention that heroin crack could game crystal meth that all addictive pushed say it is the trauma that allows them to be addictive it's like saying is the alcohol addictive yes or no or a shopping addict it was eating addictive yes or no and the answer is yes or no that's the actual answer because somebody can drink many people can and never become addicted people who were shopping and not become shopping addicts people can eat and not become eating addicts but if they're traumatized and if trauma is distorted their brain chemistry and has given them so much emotional pain that requires soothing then they will become addicted so it's not the drug with the behavior or the substance that creates the addiction it's the combination of a person who's been traumatized who then needs to find some ways of escaping and people find for example by seeking political power so political parties highly addictive as we can see in any politician who would try to pry that weight tripod type of pry a politician away from their power. even under the most ridiculous circums

we shut down the pills and take the pills away from the addicts and flood the market with heroin. >>re is the crime? >> robberies and burglaries. >> no pushing of the drugs. >> we are getting a lot of fentanyl from china and they are coming up through mexico through the borders. we have to seal the borders because last year they killed 72,000 americans. it killed 64,000 americans. they are killing cities from the inside out. it's time we wake up and fight the epidemic and do what's right. the senator who you mentioned, they have done a good job and got treatment dollars, but we are missing enforcement dollars. >> the dr. overprescribes and somebody takes six pills a day instead of two or three. then they get hooked. people know what it's like. you get the shoulder or the rotator cuff. some people can't give it up. >> here's the deal. we are good patients. when the doctors give you a bottle of pills, he's the boss. >> let me go, sir. >> it's a fact that the pharmaceutical companies have internal memos as well as ads based on one article that said oxycontin or this opiate medication ca

heroine. then he tried a new approach to beat his addiction. >> this is great. this is an option now. >>> compassionate detox through cannabis. >> misuse potential is extraordinarily low. >> the debate. >> studies aren't there to recommend cannabis is a treatment yet. >>> watch the 7 pm news tonight on kpix 5, expect more. of the don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. where to next? >>> right now, elsa brontk neighbors are gathering in protest over a swastika displayed in a front yard. take a look at the protest. neighbors on opposite ends of a busy intersection, armed with picket signs and american flags. they are not only standing up against the swastika but making a call to band together in some sort of marginalized groups. topper 5 flew over earlier this month. the homeowner said

and efforts to permanently place the powerful synthetic opioid into the same class of addict drugs as heroin. the federal government did this back in 2018, but the temporary to your order will expire if congress does not act. lawmakers hear testimony from the associate director of the national drug control policy, as well as officials that the drug enforcement administration and justice department. this is just over 1 hour. >>> the hearing will come to order. thank you very much. today, we are at a hearing about fentanyl analogs and expiring emergency order. let's put this in context. the da has an emergency order that deals with molecular changes to the drug fentanyl. fentanyl has a legitimate medical purpose. but, it is a drug of mass destruction. in the wrong hands it can kill everybody in this room. and what the drug dealers do apparently is just change the nature of the drug. basically, trying to get around existing laws. there is an emergency order in effect. that allows for the dea to deal with this problem. making sure that any changes, annie analogical changes to fentanyl are covere

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and there were people there who at that point were struggling with addictions, may be to do with heroinmber watching someone score a goal for the first time. they'd never scored a goal. it was a woman called dee, she doesn't mind me saying her name, she scored a goal for the first time and i had just been sitting with her and hearing her talking about how she hadn't seen her children for so long and how she was having a tough time that day with stuff, and i watched her score a goal... sorry, i'm very tired at the moment. and i saw how transformational that can be. notjust scoring a goal, but being a part of that event, and i saw how it affected her after that. i've got to ask you, you go from that, which obviously has a profound effect on you, and then you are filming. yeah. is that hard? it's not hard. it's... so for instance, you mentioned good 0mens, which is a tv series that is out of the moment, that i was in. and we shot a lot of that in 0xfordshire. and at the time i would be travelling from where we were filming in 0xfordshire back to port talbot, the same day, because part of m

a radically different life sleeping in public restrooms and shooting up heroin she'd never know a real home. i was a drug addict on the skids i didn't have any teeth. life was a really really bleak. i was at rock bottom but then the city of helsinki gave her an apartment it was part of a national program to get people off the streets the state of cities and a few foundations pooled their resources and achieved results. 80 years later the number of long term homeless has dropped by 35 percent. the housing 1st strategy means everyone should have a home of their own even if they're drug addicts or unemployed. and. getting the housing 1st principle means that homeless people are offered a home 1st. not just an apartment or lodging or a door they can close but a real home. on hand. our task here is to give people a feeling of security. to help them rebuild what are often wrecked lives. song enemy stuff and in on sociality we help out with every day problems and social and health problems. gosh. instead. the residents get together in the common room you're not 31 and has been living here for 3 years currently he's in

deadly effects of fentanyl and efforts to place the synthetic opioid in the same class of addict i drugs as heroin. they also talked about fentanyl knockoffs. the senate judiciary committee is chaired by senator lindsey graham of south carolina. senator graham: the hearing will come to order. today we're having a hearing about fentanyl, analogs and expiring emergency order. let's see if i can put this in context. d.e.a. has an emergency order molecular with changes to the drug fentanyl. fentanyl has a legitimate medical purpose but it is a drug of mass destruction. in the wrong hands it can kill everybody in this room. and what the drug dealers do aparently is just change the mo lock -- mo elect rar -- molecular nature of the drug, basically trying to get around existing law. there's an emergency order in effect that allows for the d.e.a. to deal with this problem by making sure that any changes, ny an lg call changes to fentanyl are covered by schedules to punish people dealing in the fentanyl business. in february of next year this order expires. senator johnson has legislation to codify the ord

and efforts to permanently place the powerful synthetic opioid into the same class of addict drugs as heroin. the federal government did this back in 2018, but the temporary to your order will expire if congress does not act. lawmakers hear testimony from the associate director of the national drug control policy, as well as officials that the drug enforcement administration and justice department. this is just over 1 hour. >>> the hearing will come to order. thank you very much. today, we are at a hearing about fentanyl analogs and

." >> johnson: obviously she's on heroin because i found the needles in the bedroom. we were handing the addictsd do her job. and that freed us up to do ours, which was target the drug dealer. >> alfonsi: standing just under five feet tall, harless is a huge presence on the streets, where she spends most of her working hours. >> harless: hello! good morning. >> alfonsi: the rest of the time, she's finding open beds in rehab and advocating for users in court. she gives all the addicts she meets her cell phone number. >> harless: so you have my number, right here, the cell. you can call or text me any time. >> alfonsi: they call at all hours, and on holidays-- and she says she always answers. >> harless: hey, can we talk for a second? >> addict: yes, ma'am. >> harless: i'm going to give you my information first. my name is krishawna. have you ever had treatment before? >> addict: not really. e terest in geg so treatnt? >> addict: possibly. >> harless: well, i would like to work with you. help you figure out what would be best for you, and get you in somewhere. there's a lot of individuals that are

addiction treatment. >> it blew my mind when i found out that he was using heroin. by the time we were done with this press conference -- >> for the past 15 years wendy mcintyre has been telling her son jared's story to lawmakers in sacramento. gary died in a sober home called the safe house. wendy can't shake the guilt that she helped find the place that promised help and instead sent her son home in a body bag. >> i will never forget printing out all of these resources, and myself calling the safe house and hearing oh yes, we are going to do this, and oh yes we are going to do that. and we are going to make sure. so as a mother to a highlighted place, it's the most terrific feeling in the world to know i sent him to the safe house. >> as an advocate she hears from parents who lost children to addiction every single day. >> i can't keep coming to this state with this list of dead boys. >> lawmakers are well aware of the problem, the state commissioned a team to study it back in 2012 area the study concluded that the state consistently failed to catch life-threateni

i believe her up tourney made the claim that she was addicted to heroin at one point.s mentally unstable. there is no evidence thus far that corroborates that. >> dr., do you need a body to charge something with murder? >> people have been convicted on circumstantial evidence a body helps obviously but it is not a requirement. we will see what happens next. >> the piece cross still stands but the war on religion is far from over. he knows where it started under president obama. the moment that changed everything. ♪ i want it that way... i can't believe it. that karl brought his karaoke machine? ♪ ain't nothing but a heartache... ♪ no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. ♪ i never wanna hear you say... ♪ no, kevin... no, kevin! believe it! geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. on the sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. and now the queen sleep number 360® c4 smart bed is now $1,299. save $400. only for a limited time . w

addiction. the prescription companies have been hit hard. hard to get opioids. people are turning to heroined with fentanyl. if we could get folks treatment by getting them cannabis we would save people like many -- >> laura: that's not what "the new york times" found. the story we just referenced said the opposite. randy, you can get in on this. i can't remember a time where i read a heartbreaking or harrowing story of someone who was on a really awful drug or even addicted to opioids who hadn't tried marijuana. i'm not saying it's a gateway but most people dying of meth started somewhere along the line on pot. that's anecdotal. on the other stuff it's devastating evidence for what it does to the young brain. >> what if we could use cannabis to get them off meth? >> laura: one thing we have to do is get both sides on this actual show. go ahead. >> we're more focused on the employee and not necessarily on the young brain but when nevada legalized recreational use we saw a significant increase in positive drug testing in the workplace, 37% of nevada employees were using drugs and going to wo