my family suffered from drug diction, froaddiction, from homi saw every day the same problems i think our community faces here in baltimore. >> the big story that always makes headlines out of baltimore especially the last few months has been violence. how does this homicide rate connect with the problems facing this city from the health department perspective? >> we see violence as a public health issue. which means that there is a way to prevent it. there is a way to intervene. there's a way to treat it. and there's a way to -- for us to not just see a person as the perpetrator, this is a good guy and a bad guy, but rather we're all victims of trauma. how can we address that trauma together. >> one way dr. wenn's office is trying to address that problem the the safe streets program, trying to convince baltimore's youth not to let their conflicts escalate into gun violence. >> i know what you come from you know what i come from. >> greg washburn runs the program in the neighborhood of mondamen, close to freddy gray's death in april. >> we're getting individuals together, giving them