the heroin came? >> when i was 18. >> reporter: was it an easy heroin? >> very. because i didn't realize at the time that heroin is an opiate. i didn't know that was the same thing as the pills that i was using. >> reporter: why were you using all the drugs? >> i'm in a small town, there was nothing to do and i was hanging out with older people so that was our way of having fun, partying. >> this is the worst drug epidemic in my lifetime. we met him at a state crime lab outside columbus. >> it's in every single county, it's in our cities and our wealthier suburbs, small towns. there is no place in ohio where you can hide from it. >> reporter: it's that pervasive? >> there is no place in ohio where you couldn't have it delivered to you in 15/20 minutes. we can meet. they would bring it to my house, leave it under the matt. >> reporter: full service? >> to me it was easier to get than weed or cocaine, definitely easier. >> reporter: dealers with connections to the mexican cartels sell everywhere, even at this parking lot outside columbus. our cameras captured this

heroin in pill form?y seen a few cases in the lab. >> reporter: and something else new since his days as a county prosecutor, heroin has lots its stigma as a poisonous back alley drug. >> there's no psychological barrier anymore to stop someone from taking heroin. >> reporter: so who is the typical heroin user in ohio today? >> anyone watching today, this show, it could be your family. there's no typical person. it has permeated every segment of society in ohio. >> reporter: even the well-to-do town of pickerenten. he was a star of the high school football team and went on to play division one at the university of akron. his parents, wayne and christy campbell say his heroin habit grew from his addiction to opiate pain killers, prescribed legally after he injured his shoulder. >> vicodin. >> he had a 60 vicodin for a shoulder procedure. >> reporter: they're popular recreational drugs in high school and colleges. one pill can cost up to $80. pill addicts like tyler often switch to heroin because it's a che

our cameras captured the perchase of this heroin b attorney general's staffer say the mexican heroin can be cheap, $10 a hit or less. some of it is cut with other drugs that make it even more powerful and deadly. and dealers keep inventing new ways to outwit law enforcement. >> these are actually tablets. so, they are pressed to look like an actual prescription tablet but they contain heroin. form? this is new. >> we've only seen a few cases in the lab. >> reporter: and something else new since his days as a county prosecutor, heroin has lots its stigma as a poisonous back alley drug. >> there's no psychological barrier anymore to stop someone from taking heroin. >> reporter: so who is the typical heroin user in ohio today? >> anyone watching today, this show there's no typical person. it has permeated every segment of society in ohio. >> reporter: even the well-to-do town of pickerenten. he was a star of the high school football team and went on to play division one at the university of akron. his parents, wayne and christy opiate pain killers, prescribed legally after he injured hi

how did daughters told you they were using heroin? >> well, they first told me they were using the pills and how i found out they were using heroin was i came home from work one day making dinner and was calling for my youngest daughter to come for dinner and i walked into her bedroom and her boyfriend was shooting her aup. hysterical. when you are suffering from chest congestion but you have got a full day ahead of you, try mucinex 12-hour. only mucinex has a unique bi-layer tablet. the white layer releases immediately. mucinex is absorbed 60 percent faster than store brands. while the blue extended release layer lasts a full 12 hours. relieve chest congestion with mucinex, and enjoy living well. >>> cbsn. cbs news always on. >>> former playboy play mate could face charges in a so-called body shaming. she took a photo of a wum squn were all a joke. >> reporter: the gym first alerted police after the post. the city police is reviewing the case after l.a.p.d. has been investigating since july. she's in her 70s and willing to testify ag

the heroin came? >> when i was 18. >> reporter: was it an easy because i didn't realize at the time that heroin is an opiate. i didn't know that was the same thing as the pills that i was using. >> reporter: why were you using all the drugs? >> i'm in a small town, there was nothing to do and i was hanging out with older people so that was our way of having fun, partying. >> this is the worst drug epidemic in my lifetime. >> reporter: he is the general and a county prosecutor. we met him at a state crime lab outside columbus. >> it's in every single county, it's in our cities and our wealthier suburbs, small towns. there is no place in ohio where you can hide from it. >> reporter: it's that pervasive? >> there is no place in ohio where you couldn't have it delivered to you in 15/20 minutes. >> i can text and say hey, do we can meet. they would bring it to my house, leave it under the matt. >> reporter: full service? >> to me it was easier to get than weed or cocaine, definitely easier. >> reporter: de

the heroin/fentanyl combo can be marked up 3000%. meade says: "this is something pablo escobar in the 1980s, - the guys who made a lot of money on cocaine - this is beyond their wildest dreams for profitability." that's forcing drug agents on the border to protect themselves and rely on surveillance inside mexico more than ever before. aki says: "we're changing every single day, every single day we come up with a different plan different operations to be unpredictable." health officials say abuse of fentanyl is up across the country - including right here in nevada. a farmer in illinois is turning to new technolgy - after his fields were destroyed by a tornado. "right where the tornado came across it's pretty much a total loss." they're using a drone - to survey the damage - after severe weather hit the small town of "homer" a corn crib once sat at the front debris... with the harvest buried underneath. so an i-pad is being used - along with the drones to map everything out. "made a real time map that we can follow with gps on an ipa

, and now fentanyl and other synthetic heroin addiction. this epidemic is affecting our communities in fundamental ways. it is breaking families apart. it's causing crime. in fact, in my home state of ohio, as i talk to law enforcement first of all, in every county, they tell me it is the top reason for crime and the growth in crime. it's certainly affecting our first responders. when i go to a firehouse and talk to the firefighters there about what they do with most of their time, they tell me they do a lot more heroin runs than they do fire runs. and thank god, because they're out there saving lives every single day. they now carry narcan with them, which is a form of naloxone, a miracle drug that reduces the dangers because it reverses the affects of an overdose. they've applied n.r.a. kang 19,000 times in the last year in ohio. so this is something that is out in all of our communities. sometimes there is a huge spike in these overdoses. we had that in columbus, ohio, this week where in the space of just 24 hours we had 27 overdoses. we

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[butted with] (laura//dog ate heroin) "you can't process the fact that your dog ate heroin." [butted with] (laura//dog ate heroin) "the employee saved her life." thankfully the dog is doing much better now... the owners says it was the quick thinking of the daycare employee who helped saved the dog's life..... a vape battery explodes while inside a woman's purse.. you can from surveillance video inside sunglass hut in new jersey....the woman's purse goes up in flames as she's the woman says she thought it was some sort of attack or shooting at first.... she is hoping her story serves as a warning to other's who vape. and.. there's an apple store in green bay, wisconsin.... that doesn't sell i- phones or computers. you see.....green bay's apple store specializes in the apples you eat. they opened for the season monday....and sold all their fruit before the day was done. but the store's manager says they get plenty of calls from people asking when the new set up an appointment to repair an i-pad. (diane brenkus/store manager)"we get calls daily about how to fix phones and compu

that you cannot grow heroin in your backyard. but lots of people here already have a problem but people are taking advantage of of situation. to setup the drug distribution network. there are times people are caught up in addiction. that with the problems they could try to find that but also trying to find ways to get the aum help the president has gone to congress and asking for help it is multifaceted. thank you for raising that. >> in dash madison central high-school is it better not to associate or to help them >> this is great it is what i've asked you to do to look out for each other. i do want to hear on this panel as well because we have to get between this problem it may not make you popular because drugs change people it is in the same trend as when you were kids when they are caught up in the disease they think differently. and i want to hear about the resources that our available what would have helped? >> as a social worker for madison central we had a student to is using drugs and her best friend saved her life. the

it used to be car accidents, now heroin and opioids are. recent poll had 43% of people in pennsylvania know someone who's addicted to heroin or died from an overdose. this is affecting everywhere. all across the commonwealth where i travel. we have got to be far more serious about understanding there's a law enforcement component but there's a social services component and as attorney general i'll bring both to the table to tackle this crisis. >> it was just released that you and your campaign have raised more money running for this office than any other candidate who has run for attorney general, for state attorney general. although we haven't seen a lot of campaign ads on television. certainly we've seen plenty of trump/clinton adds, mcgin mcginty/too maniy -- toomey adds. >> we have a great plan. we know how to execute that. we came through a contested primary in order to get through this point so we're comfort in the direction this campaign is going in, very comfort in how we'll execute our plan over the next 40 days. >> we've heard you

than heroin. as between 2002 and 2013 use of heroin quadrupled the and ministration pledging a bunch of money to try and fight the epidemic. so many states west virginia indiana ohio those the hampshire there. the problem we're announcing more these go viral they hope people see this and realize how dangerous it can be addictive how does an especially when it's mixed and while the powerful and dangerous. >> britteny: close '70s in half moon bay close to look a south bay mid-70s the heights tomorrow in san jose and milpitas and east bay livermore back to the '80s concord today in the coolest day of the week we warm back up again at 84 and yet 71 percent around in your time tomorrow 59 degrees north ratios temperature is 85. seven the forecast shows we will see a lot of changes. >> gary: they have want to write and here we go the padres had scores the giants won nothing. a ninth-inning falls what for sergio over the dodgers a couple nights ago. the clothes are right now gets to sit again snide giant

police say this dog ate a bag of heroin. apparently a suspect a druggie running from police ditched drugs in doggy play area. now the dog is dealing with the fallout. >> you can't process fact your dog ate heroin. yeah you heard right. she's high on heroin and we're come as soon as you can. >> whole thing was caught on camera. i'm upset. i'm grateful that she's alive. you can't see the suspect throw the drugs over the fence in the video but that's charlie what she's eating is full bag of heroin. >> scattered all over the entire room. a few seconds later an employee starts picking up the bag gees. all in all 17 bag gees were found in our play room. not include 5 that guy tried to swallow. charlie had to be a rushed to the vet. charlie is doing much better now but laura says when she got call at work they didn't know if she'd make it i could have lost my dog yesterday because of some stupid idiot decided to sell drugs run from the police and throw them. >> this whole heroin problem around here is ridiculous. garret bishop runs

of a heroin overdose" joe engle heads up the group -- there is no hero in heroin.... ever since his son's death.....he's made it his goal to help parents never have to go through what he did. jeff horn, assistant chief ccsd 06.00.55.00 "these aren't deviants of society. they aren't criminals. they are kids who for many of them are just lost and are dealing with a disease." so what if we put all those kids together --- in one school --- to recover together and learn 06.02.04.00 "we'd give them support, whether it is counseling. whether it is one on one work with students. whether it is wrap around services." it would be a rather small school --- 100 kids --- and they would fit right into an unused building that already exists here in town. the idea -- inspired by a successful recovery high school in houston texas. a journey that was showcased in a documentary that aired tonight in las vegas sasha choice. you have to want to come. so you don't have to do cart wheels. you don't have to be super excited about being there but you have to have some shred of willingness" com

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

heroin issue by rushing people. i think you've heard many times we're not rushing our way out of this one. education is our best way to do it. >> catherine: education always. and because this video is considered so impactful, every group of students who view it have specialists on hand. that's really important to consider all of the staff who have viewed it. they have plenty of questions catherine bosley, cleveland 19. >> romona: thank you. we want to go back to a disturbing picture here. the ohio police department says it's trying to illustrate the power of heroin by sharing photos of a 4-year-old sitting in a vehicle behind slumped over adults who were later revived with an overdose anecdote. east liver pool police say they're sorry if people are offended but they want the public to see what happens and to be a voice for the child who witnessed the scene. we're seeing a lot of comments dan deroos is in the answer center with those. >> dan: ramona, as you can imagine, and i'm sure you at home are having a reaction

we talk about the numbers of how many people heroin affects. when you see a picture, that puts a whole other perspective into it. this is real. this is happening to real people. this is happening to real families. that's what a picture can help portray. 12 people died of heroin overdoses in cuyahoga county this past labor day weekend. while this is one those people are still alive, this is what is happening every day. jim babcock logan says this is disgusting and sick. i just want to pick up that little baby and hug him. tiffani mccoy says, totally disgusting picture, but maybe it needs to be publicized for these people to see the effects. kathleen says hopefully when they wake up and sober and see this picture and know it hit social media and maybe by the grace of god they'll get clean. our facebook page about this picture right now. the cuyahoga county medical examiner says so far in 2016 330 people are died of heroin or fentanyl overdoses. that's already far higher than all of last year. 228 deaths last year in 2015, and the medical examiner

it includes heroin, lsd, and marijuana. so we stopped by a store in bedford today and talked with woman who use it for -- women who use it for pain and say it's not addictive for them. >> 20 minutes after taking it, i had no more pain. i'll have to go back to a pain clinic and last thing i want to do is start taking the poison centers regarding cratum increased to 263 in 2015 and six states have already banned it. >>> the flood waters may be reseeding but the impact still very evident in cedar rapids, iowa tonight. video of crews cleaning up sand from the roads and still piles of it near the river. national guard says they will open up the flood evacuation zone tomorrow barriers and shrinking it yesterday. the curfews in place will end in the morning ass well. but a lot of -- as well but a lot of work still to be done. >> mother nature putting on a show over lake michigan last night. we see a rainbow and a water spout. there it is. >> wow. never seen anything like that. >> good stuff. >> i apologize, folks, that mother natu

laced with a drug that's 10,000 times more powerful than heroin alone. as gabe gutierrez explain, authorities are going to extremes to get it off the streets. >> reporter: brandon did not think he would survive. >> i was knocking on the devil's door. i was dead. >> reporter: the 28-year-old had been using heroin for years. then he started mixing the drug with its cheaper alternative, fentanyl and then found an even more powerful high, carfentanil. elephant tranquilizer. >> reporter: is this the next generation of heroin? >> for sure. you better believe it. >> reporter: carfentanil can be 10 times smaller than heroin, smaller than a snowflake can be deadly. today, a cincinnati judge offered immunity to any who turns it in or heroin or any other drugs. >> if we had something that blew up and killed 400 people the nation would be outraged. everyone is kind of, these are addicts. this is somebody's son, husband or daughter. >> reporter: in less than three weeks, authorities say of the nearly 300 overdoses reported in the cincinnati area, 174 happened in a si

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lou duran's son was also addicted to heroin. he died at age 19. >> my son's face and my voice -- thankful that i'm here to have a >> in july, congress passed a bill authorizing more than $180 million to address the crisis. that money has not yet been appropriated. some of it may be included in a funding bill that would keep the government operating past september 30th. reporting from washington. >> the white house wants a billion dollars to address the problem. a former congressman is sharing his experiences with drug addiction. tim: patrick kennedy sat down with wisn 12 news last night to talk about how we can fight against heroin and opioid addiction here in southeastern wisconsin. >> it needs to be treated with the same urgency that cancer is treated. the medical society of milwaukee county invited kennedy to talk about his struggle with addiction, it's the subject of his new book. kennedy says one of the keys to cutting down on opioid abuse is being honest about the effects addiction can have like fatal overdoses. >> familie

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she is high on heroin. we are treating her that you need to come as soon as you >> reporter: the whole thing caught on camera. >> i am upset. i am grateful she is alive. >> reporter: you can't see the suspect throw the drugs in the video but that is charlie and what she is eating is a full bag of heroin. >> scattered all over. >> reporter: a few seconds later, an employee starts picking up the baggies. >> 17 baggies were found in our playroom not including the five they tried to swallow. >> the employees saved her life. >> reporter: charlie's owner to the vet. charlie is doing much better now. but laura says when she got the call at work, they didn't know if she would make it. >> i could have lost my dog yesterday because some stupid idiot decided to deal drugs and run from the police, and throw them. >> reporter: derek bishop runs the bark and play for it happened and says it a much bigger problem. >> we find needles. we find everything around here and it is getting to the point where i can't let my employ

heroin is already deadly enough. it's extremely addictive but it's now being laced about drugs like fentanyl, car fentanyl. you may have heard of this and wondered what it is. it's a synthetic form of heroin. it's being made somewhere in a laboratory and being added often to heroin to poison the people we represent. it's that simple. this car fentanyl and fentanyl and more dangerous in ohio. deaths increased from 80 in 2013 to 500 in 2014, more than double to over 1,000 last year and again this year we're on track to exceed that number significantly. just three years ago about 120 overdoses in ohio were a result of fentanyl. then it was one in five. now more than one in three. you can see where this is going. prescription drugs is often the start of this. four out of five heroin addicts in ohio they say started with prescription drugs. this is an addiction that sometimes is inadvertent in the sense that someone might have a medical procedure and then be given these narcotic pain pills and develop this addiction which

deadly epidemic, heroin laced with a drug 10,000 more times powerful than heroin alone. as gabe ambiguityier he has explains, authorities are going to extremes to get it off the streets. >> reporter: brandon didn't think he would survive. >> i'm knocking on the devil's door. i was dead. >> reporter: the 28-year-old had been using heroin for years. then he started mixing the drug with its cheaper alternative, fentanyl and found a more powerful high. >> is this the next generation of heroin? >> for sure, better believe it. carfentnal is 10,000 times more stronger and an amount smaller than a snow flake can be deadly. a judge in cincinnati offered blanket immunity to anyone that turns it in, heroin or other deadly drugs. >> if we had a the nation would be outraged and everyone is like these are addicts. this is somebody's son or husband or daughter. >> reporter: in less than three weeks, authorities say of the nearly 300 overdoses reported in the cincinnati area, 174 happen in a six-day period. there are also large clusters of overdoses in west virginia, kentucky and indian

it has become for whatever reason a hot spot for heroin use. we were out here yesterday and heroin needles all within sight of a school. brockton police are joined us and we have together collected 14 needles. we have been pressing the city and the mayor's office to see what they are doing to keep kids safe and keep heroin addicts out of the city parks. just a few hundred yards away from the elementary school full of kindergartners. the mayor tells us despite the proximity of hot spot for heroin use, the kids are safe. we will tell you what the industry doing every morning heroin addicts out of this park. live in brockton, jason law, fox25 news. now 6:48 on this thursday morning halfway through the month of september on the 15th. can't believe how quickly this month is going by and how the drop in change of temperatures compared to yesterday. >> sara: really incredible heading to the work or bus stop, you will want the sweaters or long sleeves. it is chilly out there, shiri. >> shiri: not a day to venture out in the and shorts and tank tops. sp

they say it is because of a bad batch of heroin. a 3-year-old wandered off while three adults were in the house being treated for overdose. second time this week we have seen a child being infected by a drug. experts say this can have a lifelong effect on children. they are helping more children than ever before. >> sadly, there is the need for an ongoing service. it is not that you come in once . it is something that is a healing process. >> reporter: experts also tell us children who are exposed to these kinds of drugs also even into adulthood. sickened them help early is very important. -- so getting them in early is very important. a driver crashed his truck into a poll in his car catches fire. meg shaw, newschannel5 . >> thank you, meg . while the heroin epidemic is running effects spreading to other areas as well. on the heels of a crackdown with 15 arrested. in this undercover operation, many admitted to shoplifting to help pay for the heroin habit. the latest arrest came after they tried to steal 22 pairs of jeans from a loc

heroin >>laura: a silent killer. the heroin epidemic spreading here and across the country. the war to keep the drug off the streets. plus -- >> hillary clinton gettingea to return to the campaign trail. donald trump now with his daughter. >>jennifer: hacked but not ashamed. cyber criminals release the medical records of several olympians, including simone biles. coming up, her opinion on the breach and the honesty of her condition. >>russell: first the weather from dave. welcome back. it's warm, it's stuffy outside. we're beginning with some cloud cover this morning and i actually have a couple of sprinkles. now, they're falling apart but if you run into them in rural manatee or sarasota county, don't be surprised. 75 closer to punta gorda, they're a steady sprinkle activity. i think it's more than a nuisance to the morning commute. during the evening commute, different. we'll get more in the way of stronger storms and heavier downpours. 79 degrees in tampa, brandon, st. petersburg. hey, we're wel barely. rain chances are best this afternoon and they'll run 50% to 60%. trop

heroin stronger that more fin. when you put those two together people stop breathing fentanyl is a very fast acting drug. morphine may take a little bit longer. you've already got that fentanyl on board or the car fentanyl. the other thing that i just spoke with dr. kent hoffman, he is an addiction specialist up in maitland near orlando. he told me that they are putting car fentanyl not just in heroin but also on pills. sonar could or percocet another abused pill. bars, that it extremely dangerous because those individuals don't even have that tolerance built up to opoid. again, this is a very, very dangerous situation. i have to say it's very, very scary. >> sure, some people may be buying perhaps illegally something like xanax they may think a legitimate use not know drug. that is so scary. what health care professions doing to combat this problem? >> you know such a complex issue. you know dr. hoffman says he still thinks there's just not enough out there in mental health side to help lot of people or detox cent

some experts even say a digital addiction could be harder to kick than heroin. heroin.kendra conlon explains why parents might want to consider pulling the plug. plug. playing. panda pop> [duration:0:01] mom donna vaughan says... this is a rare sight... her daughters glued to a phone screen.<144524-momi 16-17 they can do it why not 27>[duration:0:03] the 4, 7 and 8 year olds... know their screen time limits... <144728-abbyi only play on my ipad 31 and i get five minutes 32>[duration:0:04] <144601- morganhow many times a day? 2> [duration:0:02] and the girls know why mom pushes them to play in the real world - instead of the virtual one. <144740-abbysometimes it can damage your brain 42> [duration:0:02] <144503-momi'm worried about that when they get older as teens 05> [duration:0:02] <510i can tell you it's harder to treat a tech addicted teenager than it is to treat a heroin addict and or alcoholic 17> [duration:0:07] screens are being called electronic cocaine...dr. nicholas kardaras (car-dare-us) has rehabbed re teens struggling with addiction... and believes

lived through the nightmare of being dependent on heroin and pain pills.?luke his foot as a teen and that's when he started using pain medication..that led to a 10- year battle with heroin addiction. 05-15it's just baffling to what it does to people. it's almost impossible in active addiction to realize what it has done to you. so you almost need to hit bottom. 3 luke says he ?did? hit rock bottom.he wound up in jail after an overdose. he worked with "god's touch ministry"... which has a religious based program of group therapy and physical fitness.. to stay "super lice" in wisconsin. doctors say.... it's resisitent to ?conventional treatements.?not the kind of news parents want to hear with the school year just beginning. but here are the factsover the counter medications are only 25 percent effective--- killing the bugs ?not their eggs. 7-18you can think you're lice free, with the stuff they give you, but the eggs are still there so not even two weeks from now from when you do it or a month from now, you have head lice again. again. 3 using heat technolog

when they analyzed each bag, there was no heroin. it had the elephant tranquilizer. so, this threat is real. it is killing people. if you know someone who is stuck in this addiction, please get them help. >> serious stuff. all right, thank you john. >>> for the first time, a 911 call placed from inside the pulse nightclub during the shooting has been made public. you can hear a terrified man talking to a 911 dispatcher 2:00 a.m. the identify of the caller is not known nor is it known if he survived by all of the names and phone numbers and recordings were redacted. >>> from algae blooms to possibly contaminated drinking water, environmentalists are not happy about florida's water issues. >> now the latest crisis has some groups getting political and calling on lawmaker to do more. we sent reporter matt galka to see what they want. >> reporter: the latest environmental crisis florida, the mosaic fertilizer plant sink hole which dumped more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water into the florida aquifer has people up in arms. the florida conservation voters say

the marketing department made a 15-minute educational video called heroin. your first time could be your last because there's no telling what heroin could potentially be mixed with. the video warns that you don't have to be an addict to lose your life to the drug. you only have to try it once. they are explaning how difficult it is becoming to save lives when the formula is constantly changing. >> and it consistents little bit more clever with what they mix it with. it is like they are fighting us, the easier we can fix something the more they mix it with stuff that we can't fix. >> reporter: and that video is being shown to all elyria school students 4-12. there will be systems in place to answer any questions or concerns that they or even their parents might have. if you are interested in watching the full video from the elyria city schools we have posted it for you on our news net 5 app. >> thank you, rob. >>> theris now on the swat standoff that we first brought to you as breaking news at the noon hour. tonight, we knew that all new at 5:00 that we're he

abuse, and related to opioids and heroin are up nearly 250%. experts believe unless something is done now, those statistics will only get worse. >> it's affecting families coast to coast, in small cities and small towns and large cities, and everything in between. >> broadcasters are rallying again behind this effort. i thank you for it. >> we don't want to lose people. we want to >> the national association of broadcasters has also created a new website full of materials that you can watch and download right now. we have posted a link on our website. you can find that at fox10phoenix.com. >>> and for law enforcement, efforts to fight the epidemic are getting harder as well. border agents continue to try to stop the flow of illegal drugs coming into the u.s., especially fentanyl, 50 times more potent than heroin, blamed for drug overdoses all across the u.s. for cartels, there has never been an illicit drug more lucrative than this. >> coming from china and cross the border, it comes across in powder, mixed in liquids, in heroin. >> it makes it

the heroin epidemic is a big reason why the good samaritan law that offers immunity to those who o.d. all new at 6:00, bob jones that will speak with an addict who since july 5 in the city of akron alone there, have been 660 suspected heroin overdoses including 63 deaths. a batch of heroin laced with the elephant sedative carfentanil has been blamed for many of the ods. >> it is overwhelming. all the first responders are responding to these calls each and every day. i mean sometimes it could be up to 220 a day. >> reporter: the good samaritan law, which starts today encourages those overdosing or those who witness someone who oded to call for help without the threat of arrest, charges, or prosecution, offering immunity is the latest effort to stem the tide of drug overdoses. akron's deputy chief city prosecutor says that they allow people to get into treatment and something more. >> and maybe more importantly is to get that person that is with someone experiencing an overdose event to give them a reason to do the right thing instead of maybe hiding recovering heroin addict starting a

this drug is 10,000 times more potent than heroine. often used to tranquilize large animals like elephants. the heroine seized was significant because of how dangerous this particular drug can be. >>> mo gruesome sight shot northeast ohio body after body after body was discovered on the east side. we discover the killer anthony stilwell had killed all of the women. almost 7 years later this is what the lot looks like today. a group of organizers got out with black on black crime and decided to go out and clean with the families they are extremely frustrated by the lack of progress. they talked about the lee memorial but it never seems to come to fruition. ed emmett upon deadline has been missed. >> we found has pride and it is about the 11 women who were murdered i want to say my heart goes out to the families and it will never be forgotten. >> the coalition formed to help the victims get a memorial built and plans for the garden of angels were already drawn up pro bono and wanted to have shovels in the garb of memorial day but that's

from heroin overdose between 2002 and 2008. you can see this is a problem that rising -- that is rising. >> thanks hillary. >> changing directions bad news for cast player myron shumpert. the team confirmed that he was arrested on suspicion of dui but we are not talking about alcohol. not great news . >> bad news all around. certainly it happened almost a month ago today august 10 in fayette county georgia shumpert charged with they are to maintain lane and lane violation as well as marine -- marana -- marijuana possession. >> shumpert and his fiancie have a home near beyonci near where the arrest occurred. neither he nor the team have any additional comments while the matter progresses.>> it is possible he lands in a treatment policy and he could face a suspension. we have seen that with other players when something like this has happened. it is been and interesting off- season for him. video and has a song out there. so a lot going on off the court. hopefully he can just get back to playing. >> important for the team. >>> peo

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a deadly mix of heroin is being sold in several cities across the country. >>> a deadly mix of heroin is being sold in several cities across the country. it can become so potent that some of the usual treatments for overdose don't even work on it. a it's an important step until attics can save their own lives. >> the addict no matter what is in the dope or how bad it is here not looking necessarily to get high all the time. they are looking to get well. >> jesse meals that she was delivered from heroin addiction a four and half years ago. >> by jesus plain and simple. it was the combination of the spiritual foundati w your house. >> jesse and pastor billy price are sitting in the hill church both working to help free others from addiction. >> we are losing a generation. >> recently the battle got tougher for this team and for this want to . the american association of poison control center says calls coming in related to heroin have jumped 20% from a year ago. >> people don't understand that this stuff is extremely potent. >> he showed us with sugar typical bag of heroin but take a lo

hillary goldsten is here with the story behind the picture and the >> this area has a drug problem, heroin problem, and this is what you're seeing, and the children unfortunately are one of the biggest victims of that. >> reporter: in this particular incident, our biggest victim is very small. the four-year-old sitting in the backseat helpless, likely stunned, and scared. any shouts he might make to try to wake these adults isn't going to work. both od'd on heroin. >> sort of following a dark- colored ford explorer that was part rat i can. >> reporter: that's where an off-duty officer comes into the picture, the one who may have made a difference between life and death, approaching a vehicle that rolled down a hill and almost hit a school bus before coming to a

school-aged kids being affected by the heroin epidemic. with that, the school district here, elyria school district is hitting it head on with an intense video something they felt they had to do. >> we have a heroin and opiate epidemic. >> reporter: even those who made the documentary are affected by it and the superintendent. >> it is something that can't be put on the shelf and thought about next week or the week after because each and every minute that you delay, you are losing somebody. >> reporter: exactly why the district decided to take on the project taking six months to put together heroin, your first time could be your last. 15 minutes of firsthand accounts of the danger of the killer drug from the likes of a parent who lost a child to an overdose and hospital workers who have seen the worst of it and law effort enough. >> we will not beat the heroin issue by arresting people. i think you have heard many times we are not arresting our way out of this one. education is the best way to do it. >> people need to see this is a devasta

when he tossed 17 bags of heroin over this fence. right into the area where the dogs play. >> this surveillance video from the day care shows employees quickly grabbing all off the ground. within seconds. one dog already swallowed an entire bag of the drug. >> i don't know how much heroin she ingested or the potent seu. or effects on dogs. so i was really worried. >> . bark and play employees rushed the dog to the closest animal hospital. giving her medicine to counter the effects. >> her eyes were clouded over. she didn't have any energy. >>. his employees quick action. >> dog mom says this should act as wake up call to the national opioid epidemic. >> . it effected my dog today. it could have been someone's kid. >> . so happy he's okay. >> . crashes involving pedestrians in 2015 there were more than 13 hundred pedestrian crashes. 59 pedestrians died on our roads. agency hoping the new approach to pedestrian safety will get peoples attention. check it out. you're asked to go to smart 911 .com. to go ahead and sign up. >> . you have

getting tough on heroin! a after prosecutors say she provided a fatal dose of heroin. she's facing decades in prison. our ben handelman with the law designed to be harsh-- being used more often by district attorneys. near these western kenosha fields, 31-year-old chris stachura's family says he was devoted to helping take care of his elderly mother. he's missed by his entire family. the cause of death was an kenosha county sgt. eric klinkhammer says on july 18th, stachura was found dead at on his family's property. family says stachura struggled with drugs, but was trying hard to stay clean until he began hanging around 30- year-old elizabeth cooper. eventually provided a statement to detectives that she was the one who provided the heroin. cooper is now charged with 1st degree reckless homicide for providing the deadly dose of show is being used more frequently by area district attorneys. cooper--- is the third person in kenosha county this year to be charged with reckless homicide for a heroin death. in waukesha county--- the d-a says they charge up to a dozen people