so jason amaral is fighting for his life. tonight, demarco morgan and producer jonathan blakely continue their series "in the shadow of death, jason's journey." about heroin, nothing else, nothing else. and any addict that's watching this will, like, will attest to that. >> reporter: we met jason amaral on march 22, the day before he started rehab. he was roaming the city of boston on a desperate hunt for drugs. >> it's not how i want to live but i keep-- it's been 12 years and i keep going back to it. it's not what i want to keep doing. >> reporter: that morning, we watched as he crushed and snorted pills from a toilet seat in city hall, scored outside a restaurant around noon-- >> i just did some heroin and i was sick and now i just did a shot and i'm very, very high. >> reporter: ...and by that evening, ended up at a friend's house, shooting up again. >> it gets boring. it gets old. it gets tiring. >> reporter: that night, jason's best friend, mike duggan, a recovering addict seven years clean, came to take >> good morning,

so, jason amaral is fight his life. demarco morgan continues his series, in the shadow of death, jason's journey. >> real quick. is this good enough, dude? >> your dwrieyes open you think heroin. nothing else. any addict that is watching this, will attest to that. >> reporter: we met jason amaral, march 22nd, the day before he started rehab. roaming the city of boston on a there. i'm going over there. not how i want to live. it's been 12 years. >> that morning we watched as he crushed and snorted pills from a toilet seat in city hall, scored drug drugs outside a restaurant aroond n around noon. i did heroin was sick. did a shot and am very, very high. that evening. at a friend's house. shooting up again. >> it gets boring. it gets old. it gets tiring. four and a half years, it has been misery. >> reporter: that night, jason's best friend, mike dugan, recovering addict, seven years clean came to take him to rehab. >> it's life or death. you will die if you don't get it this time. >> eight times. >> nobody wants you dead,

so, jason amaral is fighting for his life. demarco morgan continues his series, in the shadow of death, jason's journey. >> real quick. is this good enough, dude? >> your eyes open you think of heroin. nothing else. any addict that is watching this, will attest to that. >> reporter: we met jason amaral, march 22nd, the day roaming the city of boston on a desperate hunt for drugs. >> they're smoking crack right there. i'm going over there. not how i want to live. it's been 12 years. >> that morning we watched as he crushed and snorted pills from a toilet seat in city hall, scored drugs outside a restaurant around noon. i did heroin was sick. did a shot and am very, very high. that evening. at a friend's house. shooting up again. >> it gets boring. it gets old. it gets tiring. four and a half years, it has been misery. >> reporter: that night, jason's best friend, mike dugan, recovering addict, seven years clean came to take him to rehab. >> it's life or death. you will die if you don't get it >> nobody wants you dead, man. >> go

for months, we followed jason amaral's harrowing journey from addiction to rehab to recovery. and now jim axelrod has learned of a promising new treatment that begins behind bars. >> me and my brother turned to stealing and doping. >> reporter: every jail is >> being a drug addict is something i thought i needed to be. >> reporter: and while the ones these inmates are telling at the jail in kenton county, kentucky may not sound like it at first, they are all storyes of hope. >> thank god that i screwed up bad enough that put me in jail. >> reporter: jeremy westerman is doing seven years for dealing drugs to support his own opiod habit. >> you come in here, and your hope comes back. you get your wits back. >> tired of living that life. a reformed addict and former inmate who took hard lessons and translated them into a new substance abuse treatment program, an innovative approach to kicking opennates for good. is it easy to point to inmates who are here because of opiod addiction? >> 83% of our intakes are directly or indirectly related to substance use. >> having a different p

for months we followed jason amaral's journey from addiction to rehab to recovery. jim axelrod learned of a >> me and my brother turned to stealing and doping. >> reporter: every jail its full of stories. >> being a drug addict was something that i thought i needed to be. >> reporter: while the ones these inmates are telling at jail in kenton county, kentucky, may not sound like it at first, they are all stories of hope. >> thank god that i screwed up bad enough that put me in jail. >> reporter: jeremy westerman doing seven years for dealing drugs to support his own opioid habit. >> you cof comes back. you get your wits back. >> tired of living that life. >> reporter: jason merrick reformed addict and former inmate who took hard lessons and translated them into a substance abuse treatment program. an innovative approach to kicking opioids for good. >> is it easy to point to inmates who are here because of opioid addiction? >> # 3% of our intakes are directly or indirectly relate to >> having a different perspective. >> reporter: combining psych therapy and 12-step s

for months we followed jason amaral's journey from addiction to rehab to recovery. jim axelrod learned of a treatment that begins behind >> me and my brother turned to stealing and doping. >> reporter: every jail its full of stories. >> being a drug addict was something that i thought i needed to be. >> reporter: while the ones these inmates are telling at jail in kenton county, kentucky, may not sound like it at first, they are all stories of hope. >> thank god that i screwed up bad enough that put me in ja >> reporter: jeremy westerman doing seven years for dealing drugs to support his own opioid habit. >> you come of in here your hope comes back. you get your wits back. >> tired of living that life. >> reporter: jason merrick reformed addict and former inmate who took hard lessons and translated them into a substance abuse treatment program. an innovative approach to kicking opioids for good. inmates who are here because of opioid addiction? >> # 3% of our intakes are directly or indirectly relate to substance use. >> having a different perspective. >> reporter:

. >> reporter: we met jason amaral, march 22nd, the day roaming the city of boston on a desperate hunt for drugs. >> they're smoking crack right there. i'm going over there. not how i want to live. it's been 12 years. >> that morning we watched as he crushed and snorted pills from a toilet seat in city hall, scored drugs outside a restaurant around noon. i did heroin was sick. did a shot and am very, very high. that evening. at a friend's house. shooting up again. >> it gets boring. it gets old. it gets tiring. four and a half years, it has been misery. >> reporter: that night, jason's best friend, mike dugan, recovering addict, seven years clean came to take him to rehab. >> it's life or death. you will die if you don't get it this time. >> nobody wants you dead, man. >> good morning, jason. how are you? we are glad you are here? >> we traveled to new jersey for the first stage of jason's treatment at recovery cities of america, or rca. >> i smoked crack every day for the past three months. i dent know huh to live a normal life, sober. i don't know how to deal after the footage you se

jason. appreciate it. oakland raiders are now tied with the afc west. the game, featured amare cooper's first t.d. of the season. brought the raiders to within a point in the third. chargers answered back and extended the lead. and after that, a minute left. raiders win fourth. michael crabtree. raiders then got a 2-point conversion. and went on to win. they host the kansas city chiefs sunday. >> the future of the oakland raiders could depend on what nevada lawmakers decide during a special legislative session. they'll be voting on whether to approve money for a new football stadium. >> more on the situation for the vote. >> it would be really a big move for the state of nevada, as lawmakers there are really trying to lure the raiders to las vegas. they will be deciding this week whether to spend $750 million in public money for a new stadium. >> in order to fund a $1.2-$2 billion bond, the room tax would need to go up approximately 3.5%. >> and this is video that just came out of carson city. where they have come together. lawmakers am be voting to increase -- will be voting to increase the room