well state senator james brewster is behind the bill that sentence addicts to treatment instead of jailour bill anterior. son asks will it work. the answer he got surprising. >> reporter: as the issue addiction continues to grow, the stories we hear about families fighting to overcome it are so common that they're sad but honestly no longer shocking. >> so many phone calls i've gotten from parents saying could you help me get my son arrested because that's the only way i feel comfortable that he won't overdose? >> reporter: after years of cries for help, he proposed a bill that would allow judges to sentence addicts to a year in in patient rehab for petty crimes like theft. >> it seems pretty logical to me if you want to get folks away from addiction, you wouldn't put them into a facility where they're with people who actually sell that product. >> reporter: here's the problem. a lot of times when people come up with these solutions, they never ask the people who are directly impacted. so we did. >> 50 some years i've been getting high finally got tired. >> addicted for over 36 years. >

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brewster/neighbor> "thirteen kids. living next door. i know somebody musta known it, but they didnt want to get involved."kerry mulligan lives across the street. "i thought they were homeschooled, i thought they were isolated. no friends came over, no family came over."the six children, including the two year old, are being treated for malnutrition at riverside university hospital."these kids are going to need a lot of help."the seven adults, five women and two men, are being housed together at corona regional medical center, hospital officials say they are horrified at their condition. "i've been in health care a long time and i've never seen this." (steve) the turpin's home was registered as a private school with six students.there is no evidence of that any children outside the family attended. california law does not require any inspections of private schools. (catherine) happening now...livermore police are asking for help in finding a man wanted for iden