dr. chen argues shorter stays in rehab means more addicts can be treated. >> we have the second highest per capita rate of people who need treatment. the number of people that we're treating that increased 10 fold and i think you have to find that to be the best stewards of the dollars to be the most effective for the greatest number of people. >> is 14 days in a rehab facility enough? >> absolutely not. it takes much longer. in my experience, in general, you need about 90 days for people to at least be able to reset their thermostat so that they can have more resist goons dr. deborah richter is one of vermont's leading addiction specialist. >> i think we do need to spend more money. we need more treatment centers and long term rehab facilities. >> if you have state insurance, they only pay for two weeks at a rehab facility. i think that's bizarre. i know in my first two weeks, i wasn't ready. >> kimberly's now in recovery and she's turned her addiction into advocacy, lobbying for long term re

. >> dr chen admits the challenges are overwhelming. >> i extent 25 years in rutland as a physician, politician, as a school board member. we raised three kids there. it was all around us. i consider myself lucky that it didn't happen to one of my kids. >> it happened to kimberley, introduced to heroin by her mother. >> i knew from growing up that drugs were the way to escape. that's what my mum did, used drugs to get out of reality. >> how did you make the other choice to clean up, when so men people are falling through? >> i wanted to live. and i was at a point where i wasn't going to live much longer. >> coming up, so what about the next generation? "america tonight" gets exclusive access to a hospital where babies born to adict mothers go through intense, painful withdrawals. i'm adam may, this is "america tonight"'s special investigation into vermont's heroin epidemic in our final report we look to the future. children born into the dangerous drug culture, paying the price for their parent's addiction. >> it is quite the cry. >> i know. that was constant. >> jessica calman says

dr. harry chen why the state shortened in-patient rehab. >> most of what we want to create is not one sizes everyone. as we put more capacity on outpatient treatment, whether intensive or treatment at methadone hubs, the less we actually will need those extra days. >> is 14 days in a rehab facility enough? >> absolutely not. it takes a much longer, in my experience, in general, you need about 90 days for people to at least be able to reset their thermostat so they can have more resistance. >> the state's new plan is to cut back existing in-patient treatment and focus on out patient care, giving addicts heroin replacement drugs, like methadone at five hubs around the state. >> i suffer from a disease and there's no known cure and that's really hard to get across to people. >> kimberly's now in recovery, and she's turned her addiction into advocacy, lobbying vermont lawmakers to increase funding for long term rehabilitation so that addictses like her have a fighting chance. >> it's hard, you know, to admit that i'm an addict. >> aljazeera, rutland, vermont. >> heroin addiction is not just a