. >> i'm delighted to discuss steven cannon, front lines of the opioid epidemic.cannon has been in the hartford area since 1995. first book paramedic, front lines, caregiver on the city

. >> i'm delighted to discuss steven cannon, front lines of the opioid epidemic. cannon has been in the hartford area since 1995. first book paramedic, front lines, caregiver on the city streets, rescue 471 is a sequel. since 2006 peter has been influential of blog known as paramedic and he has attended phillips academy in virginia, he was a taxi driver, meatpacker, book and movie review e and an author before he found his place as a paramedic. in addition to paramedic, he's the ems coordinator in farmington, connecticut. without further due, i would like to welcome peter cannon, hi, peter. hang on. i think -- let me see. there you go. >> thanks for attending. >> would you tell us about killing season for those who might not be familiar with the book in. >> okay, soo killing season is a book here that just came out and it's about my experiences as a paramedic over the last 25 years and following the opioid epidemic. as i'll go through in my presentation, i started to learn things in the course of my work and i wanted to bring my experiences in the voices of my pat