and then you take heroin and and you're like, "i want that again." >> whitaker: hannah says the heroin was so addictive that, rather quickly, she and several other students went from smoking it at parties to shooting it up at high school. >> morris: like, doing it at school in the bathroom. >> whitaker: a syringe? >> morris: a syringe. i would have it in my purse, all ready to go. >> whitaker: jenna morrison has been off heroin for more than three years. she comes from a town that is smaller and more rural than hannah's. with legal opiates-- pain pills you can get with a prescription. chemically, they're almost identical to heroin. >> jenna morrison: i got on pain pills pretty bad when i was probably between 15 and 16. >> whitaker: and the heroin came... >> morrison: when i was 18. >> whitaker: was it an easy transition from the pain pills to heroin? >> morrison: very, because i didn't realize at the time that heroin is an opiate. was using. >> whitaker: why were you using all these drugs? >> morrison: i'm in a small town. there was nothing to do. and i was hanging out with older peopl

for tyler, heroin wasn't a party drug.ents, wayne and christy campbell, say his heroin habit grew from his addiction to opiate painkillers, prescribed legally after he injured his shoulder. what were the pills? >> christy campbell: it was vicodin. >> wayne campbell: vicodin. he had 60 vicodin for his shoulder surgery. >> whitaker: that's a normal prescription? >> wayne campbell: for that procedure. >> whitaker: it's easy for kids to sell their excess pills. they're popular recreational drugs in high schools and colleges, so much in demand that one pill can cost up to $80. pill addicts like tyler often switch to heroin because it's a cheaper opiate with a bigger high. tyler was in and out of rehab four times. the night he came home the last time, he couldn't fight the uncontrollable urge that is heroin addiction. he shot up in his bedroom and died of a heroin overdose. he wasn't the only addict on his college football team. >> wayne campbell: unfortunately, the quarterback died four months after tyler, in 2011, same situati

but they contain heroin. >> heroin in pill form? >> that look like pills. >> this is new?very new the we have only seen a few cases in the lab. >> reporter: something else mike dewine says is new since his days as county prosecutor. heroin has lost its stigma as a poisonous back alley drug. >> there is no psychological barrier any more that stops a young person or older person from taking heroin. >> so who is the typical heroin user in ohio today? >> anybody watching today, this show, it could be your family. there its no ts no typical pers. it permeated every seg segment of society in ohio even the well to do town of pickerington. tyler campbell was a star of the high school football tee. he went on to play division i at university of akron. for tyler, heroin wasn't a party drug. his parents wayne and christie campbell say his heroin habit grew from his addict tugs opiate painkillers. prescribed legally after he injured his shoulder. >> what were the pills? >> it was -- >> vehicle dicodin. >> vehicle dicodin. >> it is easy for kids to sell excess pills, popular wreck reti

addicted to heroin? >> i mean, obviously it's very flattering, that you say like i don't look like a junkie. but even miss america could be a junkie. i mean, any body can be a junkie. >> hanna morris is in college now. she says she's been clean for over a year. but in high school, she was using heroin. hannah lives outside columbus, in the upper middle-class suburb of worthington. median income here is $87,000 a year. before she got hooked on heroin, hannah thought it was just another party drug. >> how did you get to the depths? what was the path you took? >> started with weed. it was fun. i got the good weed. want to, my gosh, i want to pills. it was still pufun. percoc ec percocet, i started smoking it. >> 16. >> it was amazing. >> you remember now. >> let's say i had never done a drug in my life. i would normally be happiness, 6 or 7. scale of 10. you take heroin and you are at 26. you are like, i want that again. >> reporter: hannah says the heroin was so addictive that rather quickly she and severa

i want to concentrate on heroine. it's been throughout my state and i've seen the impact of heroin addiction in maryland. it's in every part of my state. there is no part of maryland that has been immune. no community has been spared. my understanding is that this is true throughout america. the heroin addiction issues are incredibly impacting all of our communities. i am pleased to hear your report that from the governmental sector you are confident our relationship with mexico is productive and we are working on that issue. you've also acknowledged a hundred% increase in heroin production in mexico. clearly we have to be more effective in our policies in mexico to stop the production. there are a lot of other issues involved in the heroin use. we had the opioid abuse, et cetera. we need a multiple approach but from your experiences in columbia i would hope we would have a more aggressive expectation on cutting off source production in mexico. >> that is a very fair hope on your part, senator, and i want to feed into

. >> did you find the heroin? >> yeah. >> that's probably the heroin right here. >> all across america, more and more women are turning to drugs like crack and heroin to kill the pain that comes with being bought and sold. msnbc goes undercover with michigan's human trafficking task force. >> hey, are you taping me? >> for a sobering look at the overwhelming power of drug addiction in the business of sex for sale. >> and i thought that i could just, you know, do it once and stop. >> it's a growing epidemic that can touch anyone, even the all-american girl next door. >> this is going to sound crazy, but it's not that hard to go once you're using drugs from the point "a" to point "b" of selling yourself. i mean, because think about it, it's like, how are you going to get that much money daily when your addiction is going out of control and you're using so much of it? it's like, how are you going to get that money every day? ♪ >> it's a saturday night in detroit, and the city is jumping. the local economy is finally

according to the cdc, heroin use across between 2002 and 2013 the rate of heroin related overdose deaths nearly quadrupled. 8,200 people died in 2013 from overdoses. just yesterday in one virginia community there were 26 overdoses in four hours to compare in huntingdon where this happened there were 39 overdoses the entire month of august last year. police say they almost ran out of responders to make it to all the calls. five overdoses happened at 1 drugs came from. >>> there are changes planned for the railroad crossing in trinidad where a family of five was killed. the state approved work to install warning signals including flashing lights, bell and gates at the crossing. the plan was approved last week. burlington northern santa fe railroad will upgrade the crossing at a cost of more than $270,000. the work will take three to six months. >>> in june a california bound amtrak train hit and ll five members of the miller family. a 4-year-old survived and is now living with her aunt and uncle. the crossing was only marked with warning signs. >>> one of the country's largest american ind

heroin is cheaper, tears find, and say the new drug culture naturally invites heroin to our front door. but the numbers are sobering. in five years, heroin overdoses increased 350% in colorado mostly among under 24 years old. it is happening to kids that you know. >> i've seen a lot of top athletes die from heroin overdoses. kids that you would look at and never in a million years think that they were using. it's kind of like a wildfire. when it starts if you don't jump to and put it out, it's gonna spread. >> reporter: scompifrngs is info section on cbsdenver.com to find out how to register. >> sunny to partly sunny skies around here, off to the west, showers and thunderstorms, and to the east, showers and thunderstorms again. clockwise flow around that big california, just hit and miss storms. and will only ones that have been heavy are in cheyenne county, a flash flood warning until 6:30 as a result of those storms. here it is, run rays streaming through the clouds. this from the mile high cam. then thursday, woens again, showers and thunderstorms, much over the eastern plains, by f

an anti-heroin activist died from an overdose. the dubuque drug task force says the city's had 23 overd d nine deaths due to heroin so this graph, the numbers of overdoses and deaths vary month to month. the most overdoses happened in march with eight. april had the most deaths. kcrg t-v nine's katie wiedemann joins us live from this evening's rally. katie, what are police saying about the current heroin situation in dubuque? the dubuque drug task force tells us the deadly drug is still on the streets and many of the families here this evening say, the loss is so preventable. katlin lepsch says her brother david was her best friend. but his heroin addiction turned him into someone she didn't recognize. "i mean, my brother, his two friends passed away two days before him, yet he still choose to use, knowing there was fentynal in that batch. " in april police warned of a deadly batch of heroin days later, dubuque police arrested n charges of distributing heroin. policsahose arrests have not stopped the deadly drug on the streets of

scale heroin ring in colorado. law enforcement leaders say the bust netted 11 weapons, 47 pounds of heroin. this was a year long investigation that included several wiretaps and relied on confidential informants. 9wants to know investigator whitney wild brings us the details. >> this was a big bust. the dea, denver police and west metro drug task force say the suspects were importing heroin from mexico and dropping it basically by the pound onto the streets in denver. now the operation targeted dealers. the 47 pounds of heroin police swept off the street is valued a the more than $2 million, -- at more than $2 million but more importantly likely supplied hundreds, if not thousands of users. one of the big stories has been about heroin use on the cherry creek bike path. the special agent in charge for the dea here in denver says busts like this help, but they don't totally get rid of heroin use. >> and we'll continue to push i think that you'll see a lull in the bike path, but i don't think awe l see it stop. >> the

the number of heroin related overdoses is making headlines across the country. there have been a rash of overdoses in ohio, past few weeks - and just today - the centers for disease control said urgent action is needed to fight opiod addiction. dianne gallagher has this report. the sound of sirens. a soundtrack to a crisis in middle america as the heroin epidemic appears to be getting more dangerous. (richard henson, cincinnati resident) i am very disturbed about it. it really saddens my heart. 28 overdoses in a west virginia county, in one night last week. tuesday, 12 people overdosed in an indiana community. and in the cincinnati ohio area, 36 on wednesday alone and 90 overdoses since this weekend, leading to a total of 5 deaths in those areas. (mos) it's everywhere, i mean i pretty much knew. it looked like he overdosed on drugs. authorities believe these particular overdose spikes are due to what they call "bad batches", heroin laced with other substances. in the cincinnati cases, they suspect carfentanil, an elephant tranquilizer. authorities are struggling

for heroin in denver. syringes scattered. this man says he's just given it up. >> i'm going through the cleanup process. it's not even a day, but that's enough for me. you know, to go without a day is a >> despite -- michael is pleased to see the law enforcement action. >> it's strange. it's strange the last 3 weeks. >> just the last few weeks. >> yeah. they've been all over it. denver pd has done a good job. >> they're arresting people? >> oh, yeah. >> in the past, using a disguise would document how the homeless work on corners hand and hand with the heroin dealers. >> >> the man came stumbling to me with heroin concealed in his mouth. >> let me see that. >> that's white tar? >> this is white tar. >> how much? >> [indiscernible]. >> how much? >> $20. >> [indiscernible]. this is 25 and this is 15. >> with news stories and police action, heroin never seems to do it myself. >> that was rick salinger reporting. we have check withed the denver coroner's office and it says four people have died from overdoses

i don't blame the heroin. heroin is not good, but drug policy is really what is killing people.ks with opiod-involved clients needs to be trained in reversal. and even in places where we don't think people should be using, so jails, rehabilitations, when people leave rehab, they are 12 times more likely to die because of tower exchanges. yet rehabs don't want to give people the drug upon release because it muddies the message. >> louise vincent, i know that it is a hard thing to talk about. but i appreciate the time that you talked to us. our condolences to you in the loss of your daughter and we appreciate the help you're trying to give other people. louise vincent, thank you. >>> coming up in the cnn newsroom hour at 10:00, we'll talk to the surgeon general about the rising heroin epidemic. he's taking this issue very seriously hitting the road to change the way doctors use opiods to treat patients as the pain medication sometimes leads to the heroin addiction when they can't get the pain medication anymore. that is all coming up. we'll talk about zika, the epipen, it's all co

law enforcement has seized 47 pounds of heroin. valued at 2.2 million. >> this heroin destined solely for the denver area. coming from mexico. hidden in spare tires. and other vehicle come part compartments. investigate fors say these are the people bringing and then selling it to customers here. >> . law enforcement also recovered eleven weapons. and 218 thousand dollars cash. the nation has to do better. >> . the number of heroin over doses and in colorado. has increased 350 percent. in the last five years. 8 of the 25 the run. >> >> on the scene right now. what you tell us. >> . it was a very tough scene to get to. this allegedly happened at tenth and federal. but there's at least ten city blocks complete willed closed to traffic right now. i want to show you the police activity behind me. dozens of police vehicles out here. neighborhood. as you said they're investigating a possible officer involved shooting. 3 people have been taken into custody. when the first came in. they had officers looking for one. perhaps two people. tha

>>> authorities take down a major heroin operation along the front range. they confiscated more than $2 million worth of the drug along with assault rifles. 17 people were arrested. >> authorities say the bust will slow the flow of heroin on our city streets. rick salinger joins us live. >> reporter: this is where paca lived, and it doesn't look much like what you'd expect for the command post for a major mexican heroin organization but that's what it was. it had all the ingredients, guns, hidden drugs, ammunition and cash. this investigators say is how the heroin is throwing into denver. pacaass. it is a large rodent found in central and south america, and the code name of jose de jesus zamorra. he and more than a dozen others had been arrested. >> we are really getting crushed in our region with heroin abuse and use. >> reporter: large quantities of heroin was discovered hidden in spare tires of cars. some 50 wire taps led to the discovery including three assault rifles. >> the group was hyper vigilant about a potential law enforcement investigation. they

heroine was much less potent at the time, penalties smaller. possession of 50 grams for first-degree felony versus 27 grams of cocaine. today, heroine is become far more potent. >> it's one or two steps above the best cocaine.>>reporter: sentinel is in the picture as well. >> that would be enough to kill someone if it was just a few loophole in ohio law keeps county prosecutors from charging some and no -- sentinel dealers. >> we want to make sure the penalties are there.>>reporter: they both agree that ohio needs to catch up adding dealer should be treated differently than their clients.>> jail is where the traffickers. jail is for -- treatment it's for the addicts.>>reporter: he hopes his fellow legislators will be ready to take action.>>> an attempt to curb the growth of heroin, ohio is getting to mind dollars in federal grant money, it will go to two different state departments. the department of mental health and the department of health. the money will be used to build up prevention efforts to track improve the states prescription drug mo

cleveland 1 news is helping you spot the signs of heroin and opioid abuse. log onto cleveland19.com, click on the your health tab for information. if you know someone wrapped up if heroin, it is imperative you get them help right away. >> summer is almost over and the kids are slowly getting back into their back to school routine. now you should have a minute, maybe two minutes to focus on order after a fun eventful summer. a lot of families overspend in the summer. now it is time to get your budget back on track in time for the holidays. but how? experts suggest you stop surfing all these retail sites and maybe go as far as to delete your information from the site to make it easier to stay away. christmas will come around sooner than you think. think about starting a holiday fund so you won't feel do a christmas shopping run. >> do students look good from good looking professors and teachers? did you say yes? researchers found students remembered more lectures given by professors they found attractive. one theory is students simply pay more attention and be

here in bath township. >> we've got another heroin overdose. >> you're listening to a call fr a heroin overdose that came from the same home twice in one day n bath township. >> is he awake right now? >> no. >> is he breathing? >> he is breathing. >> in bath where police and paramedics usually only get one call a week about an overdose there suddenly came five in five days. the age old. one call came from this first merit parking lot. >> go ahead, ma'am. >> this guy is either dead or dying. >> the heroin epidemic clearly kicking up and popping up in neighborhoods everywhere. bath township police chief showd us some pictures taken at the scene of the overdoses. >> you can see they had a container with needles for the injection of the heroin. it's unusual for the bath community. days is quite unusual. >> luckily officers were able to save the people who had oded on all five called. >> a new law that goes into effect on september 11th will hopefully save even more lives. according to the new law, when you make the call for help, or you're the american who has overdosed, you won't be charg

the numbers behind the heroin epidemic are absolutely staggering. a cbs report from this past april found at least 23 ohioans die from heroin overdoses every single week. last year in cuyahoga county 228 people died overdosing on heroin with more than three months left in 2016, we've already gone past last year's total of at least 280 people who died from heroin. >> tia: the age g deaths range from 19 years old all the way to 65 and it's all demographics in neighborhoods all across the county. this is everywhere like nicki just showed us. there is help available. you can go to our website where there's an entire page dedicated to how to spot the signs for heroin use and get help for yourself and loved ones. >> brian: it's a problem for everybody. everybody is dealing with this. >> tia: all walks of life for it's built ford smart and could reshape the landscape. >> brian: in rio a real teaching moment for young athletes during the women's 5,000-meter run. >> jon: great story. my story includes a break or two in the cloud deck and a peek of sunshine m

. >> also, the heroin epidemic is getting worse. the staggering number of lives lost to the devastating addiction. the battle continues to put out california. thanks for stays up late with us. >> officials reopened northbound i-15 letting drivers get here to las vegas from l.a. southbound lanes remain closed until further notice. the fire is still burning west of the pass. it's only 4% contained. >> let's take a live look at the fire. you can see flames still intense. officials map it at 30,000 acres, which is lower than previous estimates. more than 82,000 people have been forced from their homes. 34,000 homes are in danger. >> in my 40 years of fighting fire, i have never seen it so extreme. >> weather and dry brush only help the fire spread. aggressively, we are struggling to keep up with it. >> the blue cut fire is east of l.a. >> with the rate of spread that we have seen, if we ask you to leave, you have to leave. >> the fire started around 10:3g mountains in plumes of smoke. the e dangerous. >> this is a challenging year. the

>>> heroine being used on our streets and the alleys of denver. they have busted a major drug careen. i'm karen lee, jim has the night off. rick sawneder joins us live from the bike path where you have been years there now. >> car rent, the attorney general and other agencies will announce the culmination of a major heroine investigation and even today there is plenty of evidence this drug taking its toll. this is ground zero for heroine, this man says he has just given it up. >> i'm going through the cleaning process. enough for me. to go without a day is a miracle for me. >> this bike path has held an uneasy relationship between bicyclists, joggerers and those struck out on heroine. michael is pleased to see the law enforcement action. >> it's changed a ton in the last few weeks. >> just the last two weeks. >> yep. denver pd has done a great job. >> reporter: were they arresting people. >> h >> reporter: using a disguise, we found out how they work on the corners hand in hand. >> this guy tells me you may have black tar. >> the man came to me wi

nowhere on earth is more heroin consumed than here. the u.n. estimates that 4,700 tons of raw opium were produced worldwide last year. illegally. morphine is extracted from it. and that in turn is used to create 327 tons of pure heroin. a smokeable variety is also from the raw opium. afghanistan is still the largest producer of these illegally grown plants. smugglers use the northern to bring opium and heroin into russia. and every year, at least 60,000 people die there as a result of drugs. nicolai has been an addict for ten years. like many russians, the 28 year old began taking drugs at parties. first amphetamines then heroin, now the designer drug known as "spice". it's easy to get hold of in russia. he orders it by text message. ten minutes later he's told where he can collect it. his package has been left in a hole in the wall. scoring drugs here isn't difficult. >> before, you'd have to meet someone in person. the deal would happen face to face. that was dangerous. you could be caught by the police. it's much easier today. >> dimitri bot

they say, if you know someone is using heroin, talk to them. if you know someone selling it, tell police. live in dubuque, katie wiedemann kcrg tv-9 news iowa senator chuck grassley says he's trying to better understand what caused a huge increase in the cost of epipens. he and two other u-s senators wrote a letter asking for more information from the centers for medicare and medicaid services. last week, we told you how mylan had hiked the price of the lifesaving drug by about 400 percent. ways to cut the 600 dollar price tag for the brand name version. it also introduced a generic epipen for 300 dollars. today grassley made a stop in dubuque where he said those changes aren't good enough. "why don't they just simply reduce the price? and then now they are putting something they call a generic. and i don't know how much more generic you can get when you look. adrenaline has been around since 1901, but they are putting large prescription drug price increases are an urgent issue in our country that needs attention. turning to meteorologis t joe

>>reporter: this is ground zero for heroin in denver. syringes scattered and this man has he's given it up. >> i'm going through the cleaning process. not even a day, but then that's enough for me. i mean, you know, to go without day a miracle for me. >> those strung ou the law enforcement action. >> it's strange the last 3 weeks. >> just the last few weeks? >> yeah. they're doing a good job. >> when they arrest people. >> oh, yeah, oh yeah. >> in the past, using a disguise documented how much the homeless work on corners hand and hand with the heroin dealers. >> he man came stumbling to me with heroin in his mouth. >> that's white tar. >> this is white tar. >> how much? >> [indiscernible]. >> how much? >> $20. [indiscernible]. >> even with the stories and police actions, handwriting never seem to completely go away. >> i gave it to god. i say i can't do it myself. i'm not even going to do it. >> rick we have checked with the denver's coroner's office and they said four people died from overdoses involving heroin so far this year. >>> in

years.>> reporter: this is ground zero for heroin in denver. used syringes scatter the landscape. >> i'm going through the cleaning process. miracle for me. >>reporter: despite the nec relationship -- despite the uneasy relationship between those on heroin and pedestrians and cyclists, change has happened. >> it has changed the last three weeks. >> just the last few weeks? >> denver pd is doing a great job. >> were they arresting people? >> oh yeah. >> reporter: in sometimes the homeless work on corners hand-in-hand with heroin dealers. >> you might have some black tar? >>reporter: the man came stumbling toward me with heroin in his mouth. >> that's black tar? >> this is black tar. >> how much? >> $20. heroin never seems to completely go away. >> i gave it to god. i can't do it myself. i'm not able to do it. >>reporter: rick sallinger, cbs4 news. >>> happening now, testing a new bicycle lane on south broadway and denver, two way by traffic is separated with traffic by a parking lane. kelly werthmann joins us live. business owners aren't sold on

we were first to tell you about elephant heroin. >> it is heroin mixed with a powerful sedative that is so potent that it is used to knock out large zoo animals. our derick waller is investigating this. >> reporter: it is called carphentenel. it is illegal, but easy to find. >> fentan powerful than morphine and then carfentanyl is more powerful than fentanyl. >> reporter: his agents now wear gloves and masks when handling suspected heroin. with fears that it is laced. a schedule two drug used to sedate elephants that weigh thousands of pounds. >> just a fraction of this is lethal to a human being. that will kill a human being. >> reporter: a quick search online revealed website after website promising to sell the powder form. the ones i found claim to be based in china. >> so this website says they are celling the powder for $427.50 and shipping of $105. here is another website. this one selling high purity powder. it says that it will be going for $500 to $800 per gram. administration spokesperson told me that they know dealers are buying it online. but heroin users may have no idea

the staggering number of heroin overdoses is making headlines across the country. and as dianne gallagher reports, the c-d-c now says urgent action is needed. the sound of sirens, a soundtrack to a crisis in middle america as the heroin epidemic appears to be getting more dangerous.(richard henson, cincinnati resident) i am very disturbed about it. it really saddens my heart.28 county, in one night last week. tuesday, 12 people overdosed in an indiana community. and in the cincinnati ohio area, 36 on wednesday alone. 90 overdoses since just this weekend, leading to a total of five deaths in those areas.(mos) it's everywhere, i mean i pretty much knew. it looked like he overdosed on drugs. authorities believe these particular overdose spikes are due to what they call "bad batches", heroin laced with other substances. in the cincinnati cases, they suspect carfentanil, tranquilizer. authorities are struggling to keep up.(chad ward, cabell county west virginia ems) when you have that many overdoses, like yesterday in such a short period of time, it taxes your resources

>> heroin. i guess it's [ bleep ]. >> reporter: this firehouse in cincinnati responded to two dozen overdoses in a single day last week. more than ten times their daily average. and they don't know when the calls will stop coming in. april's mom is worried about a different type of call. >> you know, we hear an ambulance, and we always wonder if it's someone we know or for our child. and that's something that we live with every day. you know, we go to bed at night wondering if we're going to get that phone call. >> reporter: april and her mom know better than anyone how difficult the struggle withoidioid addiction is. >> i'll do any drug you put in front of me. it's definitely a struggle it's really hard. >> reporter: it's difficult because we can't like, love them out of it. you know? so we love them so much and it doesn't -- there's nothing that we can really do for them. >> reporter: april says getting sober is a daily struggle. in her eyes, not using heroin is progress. even if other drugs a

torn apart by the heroin epidemic. tonight thousands gathered in akron at an event called "heroin is killing my town." we were there. this was a breaking part for a community that's lost hundreds of lives. >> reporter: yeah, really was. the man who put on this event tells me he's been to 30 communities over the last few years, some of the hardest hit by heroin. but he told me akro worst and deadliest he's ever seen. >> no more heroin! >> reporter: poison that has touched everyone, but there is power in numbers. >> no more heroin! >> reporter: hundreds gathered in akron tonight for an event called "heroin is killing my town" because here it's terrifyingly truer than anywhere else. >> akron is the deadliest in my eyes. >> reporter: the organizers has gone from county to county to fight attention for the need for treatment centers. >> this is the worst hit community in the states, and pennsylvania is behind it. >> i've had 30 friends die from this epidemic in the last two years. >> reporter: we've told you this before and

cleveland 19 news is helping you spot the signs of heroin and opioid abuse. you can log on to cleveland 19.com. click on the your health tab for information to help a loved one struggling with >> romona: four weeks after accepting the nomination donald trump is coming back to northeast ohio. trump will make a campaign stop at the university of akron's james arhodes arena. the doors open at 4:00 p.m. and the event starts at 7:00. and in the latest nationwide pew research poll they are trailing hillary clinton by four points. we are just 82 day the election in november. >> denise: they are meant to keep your children safe, but tonight thousands of football helmets are being recalled because kid can be seriously hurt if they wear them. chris tanaka is getting answers of what you should look for. chris? >> chris: a scary thought for parents who think their kids are safe playing the sport. the consumer product safety commission looked at 6,000 football helmets because of the potential for head epic varsity models. the cpsc says if your child is using the helmet, t

years.>> reporter: this is ground zero for heroin in denver. used syringes scatter the landscape. cleaning process. one day is enough for me. to go without for a day is a miracle for me. >>reporter: despite the nec relationship -- despite the uneasy relationship between those on heroin and pedestrians and cyclists, change has >> denver pd is doing a great job. >> were they arresting people? >> oh yeah. >> reporter: in the past, using a disguise, we documented how sometimes the homeless work on corners hand-in-hand with heroin dealers. >> you might have some black tar? >>reporter: the man came stumbling toward me with heroin in his mouth. >> that's black tar? >> this is black tar. >> >> $20. >> reporter: but even with news stories and police action, heroin never seems to completely go away. >> i gave it to god. i can't do it myself. i'm not able to do it. >>reporter: rick sallinger, cbs4 news. >>> happening now, testing a new bicycle lane on south broadway and denver, two way by traffic is separated with kelly werthmann joins us live. business o