that is the accessibility of naloxone and narcan so we can prevent the deaths that come from overdose. host: the price of the drug has gone up 500%. guest: that was dependent on where you buy in what form you buy it in. that is the problem. it is almost supply and demand being seen here. of thee taking advantage huge demand for it and very often, raising prices. we have many senators who have done a letter to manning this be looked at because this is a life-saving drop -- have done a letter demanding this be looked at because this is a life saving drug. and we need law enforcement techniques to help with this and make sure people get what they need. we don't need to put addictive people in prison, we need to put them in treatment. that whole broad-spectrum is what we need to address for this problem, as well as all the other things people are addicted to. alcohol is the number one drug of choice. host: we have invited our viewers to call in and tell us their story. we divided the lines by those with experience with opioid abuse and medical professionals. mary, what you do for a living

increases for naloxone, a drug used to treat heroin overdoses, we incorrectly showed a drug called narcanat's a brand name of naloxone that is a nasal spray recently approved by the fda. while some forms of naloxone have undergone price increases-- the point of our story-- the price of narcan nasal spray has never changed, and the company that makes it, adapt pharma, offers a 40% discount for first responders. we regret the error. >>> up next, a role model for living longer and stronger. ,,,,,,,,,, ♪ strummed guitar ,,,,,,,,,, you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. there's only one way to travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing. and that's with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. >>> in our new series "living stronger," we're celebrating older americans whose zest for life is an inspiration for people of every age. here's michelle miller at the gym. >> reporter: at this h

increases for naloxone, a drug used to treat heroin overdoses, we incorrectly showed a drug called narcanat's a brand name of naloxone that is a nasal spray recently approved by the fda. while some forms of naloxone have undergone price increases-- the point of our story-- the price of narcan nasal spray has never changed, and the company that makes it, adapt pharma, offers a 40% discount for first responders. we regret the error. >>> up next, a role model for living longer and stronger. >>> in our new series "living stronger," we're celebrating older americans whose zest for life is an inspiration for people of every age. here's michelle miller at the gym. >> reporter: at this high-intensity workout in new york city, jacinto bonilla is redefining what it means to be physically fit. for an hour, bonilla keeps up with the repetitious crossfit routine-- jumping on a 24-inch box, doing upside down pushups, and climbing a 15-foot rope, all alongside gym members more than half his age. at 77 years old, why push yourself this hard? >> because i like it. i love it. i want to stay out of the nurs

th janice never leaves home without her narcan. >> i never got to tell him how sorry i was. >> reporter: how sorry you were for what? >> for not understanding his plight. >> reporter: arlene is now an advocate for those fighting substance abuse. >> there does come a point where you sometimes wear down, but then you get back up and you fight, you're like, i am not going to let this win, i will fight until the day that i die to try to ensure that one else's child doesn't die. i can't save all of them, but maybe one. >> reporter: now one of the ways arlene hopes to fight this is narcan. she has co-founded the foundation which has already distributed more than 3,000 of these kits. >> rachel crane, my heart hurts for that mom. thank you for sharing their story. >>> still to come, austin, texas, in the crosshairs of the immigration battle. how a local sheriff is using money to help veterans. decades, a talented workforce, and world-class innovations. like in plattsburgh, where the most advanced transportation is already en route. and in corning, where the future is materializing. let us help

has narcan. >> it does what. >> it reverses an overdose. so in the last few years, police officers in camden county of saved over 300 lives >> too bad we have to have that in the the schools. >> yes. >> but it is necessary in schools. >> but you have epi-pens and school and other things. >> we have they ever met. good to meet you thanks for covering this topic. >> thank you for the legislation. >> big man on the movies jahlil okafor going to be a pelican? the worst mascot. >> new orleans. >> that is true. >> fun city. >> what would we get in exchange from him. we will find out. that has more ski mountains to choose from than any other in the country. ♪ and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. you can find it all, only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your winter getaway at iloveny.com that's why there's oravet dental hygiene chews. oravet cleans teeth and gets to the cause bad breath. ask your vet about oravet chews. serious oral care made simple sixers are reportedly in very serious trade

increases for naloxone, a drug used to treat heroin overdoses, we incorrectly showed a drug called narcanthat's a brand name of naloxone that is a nasal spray recently approved by the fda. while some forms of naloxone have undergone price increases-- the point of our story-- the price of narcan nasal spray has never changed, and the company that makes it, adapt pharma, offers a 40% discount for first responders. we regret the error. >>> up next, a role model for living longer and stronger. this is todd hardy. a fitness buff, youth baseball coach-and lung cancer patient. the day i got the diagnosis, i was just shocked. the surgeon in dallas said i needed to have the top left lobe of my lung removed. i wanted to know what my other options were. and i found that at cancer treatment centers of america. at ctca, our experts examine a variety of therapies, treatments and technologies to identify a plan specifically for each patient. my doctor understood that who i am was just as important as what cancer i had. we talked about options. my doctor told me about a robotic surgery that was less inva

welcome to the weekly class on how to give narcan. yes, that narcan. the anti-heroin drug.he one you give to someone who is over dosing. >> reporter: for one hour every friday volunteers watch a video from the drug maker and learn when and how to give. after signing up, that is it. each participant gets a double dose sprayer for free. >> what is that like knowing there is an army of people out there who know how to use this? >> this is great. i received the dreaded phone call that no parent wants to receive. >> reporter: she works to raise awareness. after her son, 26-years-old john, a bright young college student died from an over dose. the cdc says addiction to opioids is an epidemic and getting worse. >> most people that are in recovery have been down there, all at the bottom and somehow whether it was because somebody in some way saved their life and gave them a second chance. everybody makes mistakes. >> reporter: she works with the homeless in downtown san jose and says the world needs more good samaritans. >> that is the powerful part of it. >> reporter: the classes

. >>> the life-saving drug narcan is the focus of a meeting. john taylor is hosting that event. the goal is to teach families dealing with opioid addictions how to use narcan to rescue people in an overdose. the meeting is from 6:00 to 8:00 at st. ann social hall. >>> philadelphia is moving forward with plans to expand the international airport city council. they introduced a bill to acquire 136 acres in delaware county. the property known as henderson tract sits along the western edge of the airport. >>> releasing heliums balloons in center city is against the law and could be fined up to $50 on. they join vintner is banning the release of helium balloons. ♪ >>> young performers took the stage in west philadelphia to help celebrate black history. kindergarten through second graders took part in the global leadership academy's second annual black history showcase. the children performed songs and affirmations they learned during their studies. >>> settlements reached between a local school and parent who was banned from his son's athletic events. the man's son is a wrestler at l

one approach is using narcan, which saves lives by reversing overdoses. but at its core, substance abuse disorder is a treatable, similar toease diabetes. medication assisted treatments or m.a.t. is the most effective therapy for substance abuse disorder, whether the verse and is dependent on heroin, fentanyl, any combination of these drugs. result, the same treatment approaches will be effective, regardless of which opioids someone has used. the fda has approved three .ifferent treatments the right medication and the right approach may vary for each individual patient. these drugs are taken by patients daily, monthly, or sometimes every six months in conjunction with behavioral therapy. behavioral therapy can include individual or group counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, and other interventions. extensive research has really borne out the benefits and the efficacy of m.a.t. of overdosehe risk and death, reduces the risk of overdose, and allows people to return to the workforce. studies have shown every dollar of treatment returns at least seven do

deployments in 2016 alon alone, that's 10,000 lives that could have been lost without narcan. add that to the 1600 victims who means we e it, that could have lost 10,000 lives onhout our aggressive action narcan. unthinkable. but likely to have happened if we had not acted boldly. are countless lives of those addicted in the shadows. been captured by a statistic yet, but we know they're there and those are the reach out to o before it is too late. chris christie there. other governors are speaking to opioid situation in the state of state addresses of the continuing our conversation with all of you this morning about what it is like in your community, what are seeing, what are the problems and what do you think the solutions are? those with experience with opioid, professionals and all other. to dan, a medical professional in hawaii. line.s for waiting on the go ahead. caller: good morning. thank you c-span for letting me talk in this forum. was a cardiopulmonary specialist for 45 years and recently retired. 1970-75, '80, '85, i remember working in hospital emergency rooms, yo

certainly fentanyl has an issue with the narcan, saves two, three, four, five doses and they're still not doing it. the disease of addiction, we're talking about today more along the lines of the synthetics, the heroin. talk about the disease of addiction. is there a difference other than the outcomes and the way you die, alcohol, cocaine, heroin? it's all a disease of addiction? >> the answer is yes. the way that all of these drugs specifically change, reward centers from our brain in such a way that they strain certain responses and generate automatic behaviors that cannot be controlled by our frontal cortex. like when you touch an oven and it's hot, you immediately remove. the way that the drugs do it is different and some drugs do it more rapidly than others like methamphetamine and heroin. as opposed to drugs like alcohol. but all result in the strength strengthening of the pathways. the best way i can describe this to you because it's very difficult to understand why someone would keep on taking fentanyl when their mother already overdosed is it generates that brain state equiva

money would be used to help first responders buy the overdose aneck done narcan. >>> pennsylvania state police are easing up on the college requirements needed to apply to be a cadet. you can now apply without having completed an associate's degree or 60 hours of college credit. you must complete the education before the training begins. the change along with recently dropped requirement to take polygraph are designed to boost recruitment. >>> stopping school bullying in the state of delaware that's the goal of a new campaign announced yesterday. state department of education is teaming up with a nonprofit called no bully to teach students and faculty to work together to stop bullying. hope to implement the program in ten other states by next fall. >>> 4:52. learning new details about an apartment fire we brought you as breaking news yesterday. >> tell you what residents of the old city building say never happened and why they believe it could have coast them their lives. >>> plus eight minutes before five, no refund on the rails. we'll tell you about a new septa policy that could exact

money used to help first responders buy the overdose antidote narcan. governor wolf will make the request for additional funding when he submits budget to legislature next week. >>> 5:39. breezy morning and the wind is going to be with us through the day. that's a southwesterly wind. that's going to help to boost our temperatures. right now 41 degrees in philadelphia. wind at 14 miles an hour. those wind will be with us right on through this afternoon. check this out. looking at mostly cloudy day today. the temperatures will be climbing in spite of that in the upper 40s this afternoon. suburbs, 37 degrees right now. some sunshine this morning. 41 degrees at 10:00. clouds and wind. 45 degrees at 2:00 this afternoon. the lehigh valley had dropped down to 20s. now # 32 degrees in the lehigh valley. 30s this morning. had some sunshine getting through those clouds to help with warmup. 42 degrees by lunchtime. look at winds. then to middle 40s this afternoon. that's for the lehigh valley. in new jersey, you'll see sunshine to start with. a little bit, but mai

and family and peer support groups doubled and funded across the commonwealth and thousands of the narcan kits are distributed to first responders and family members. the work on this has not gone unnoticed and unprecedented 46 governors have signed on a compact to fight opioid addiction based on our efforts here in the commonwealth. thank you. [ applause ] and make no mistake, drug traffickers are part of the opioid epidemic. they prey on the vulnerable people and selling them more and more deadly and addictive substances and we propose $2 billion in the budget to arrest and convict drug traffickers. with your help, we also ended the decades' old practice of sending women civilly committed because of addiction to framingham state prison. [ applause ] thank you. instead, they now enter a treatment program, and include ing the new one at taunton state hospital and these have been a game-changer for many of the women they serve. based on this success, we will are request the same for men who are committed due to addiction as well. [ applause ] and now, there is a storm going on for the last

officialness camden county which has a thousand narcan saves last year, say new christie initiative is pointing the state this is right direction. >> the more we can raise aware ness the more people will seek help, and we have to make sure natalie resources are there to treat those in need of help. >> even our conversation right now as a parent but it is having an impact. >> the coverage that this disease is finally getting is ground breaking, amazing, it business time. >> reporter: in addition to the reach nj initiative the state of new jersey is working on new laws to cut back on prescriptions for addictive painkillers and make sure private insurers pay for treatment. i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> penn state university is placed an indefinite ban on serving alcohol at all fraternity and sororities. the move is in response to the death of penn state student tim piazza. police say members of the beta pie waited 12 hours after he fell down a flight have of steps before calling police. the fraternity has been suspended and investigation remains active. penn state says alc

part of his arsenal - narcan is a life- saver when administered in time to stop an overdose from becomingdly. dr.van stieff is on a mission to make sure kids don't start in the first place. the national instutute on drug abuse reports.. opioid and heroin use is skyrocking. in 2015, more than 52 thousand died from overdose a record high. he calls the epidemic a silent injustice and an american tragedy. vicki liviakis kron 4 news. we've posted several links on our website.. of organizations and programs that are focused on the opiod and heroin epidemic and how to help stem the tide. got to kron 4 dot com and search for the word "opiods" coming up: the right place at the right time..meet the two men who jumped into action after car crashed into a creek. and next:we are tracking rising creek and river levels... with more rain on the way -- the areas most at risk tonight. get ready for more wild weather to slam the bay area.this next storm is expected to pack quite a punch. we have new video showing "san fran-cis-quito" creek in menlo park. yesterday it reached the highest level it had in year

. >> heather: so this is my narcan.fear that my husband's going to relapse and i'm going to find him dead. you just put this in here and squirt it up their nose. >> anthony: now in most cases, as i understand it, they're right out of it. >> heather: yeah. they're right out of it and they're instantly sick. >> anthony: they don't wake up happy. but they wake up. >> heather: but they wake up. >> anthony: you walk to the bathroom and there's somebody blue tre. >> heather: somebody's on the floor. >> anthony: are you saving that life? >> heather: yep, saving that life. absolutely. and then kicking their ass. [ laughter ] >> anthony: better now? life better now? >> heather: absolutely. my kids have been home three years. you know, i no longer have to watch my back. you know, i live a pretty straight and narrow life, which, you know, people might say is boring, but i love my life today. i'm grateful. >> anthony: where are we headed? >> heather: this way. >> anthony: oh, okay. >> heather: to the recover projects. this is where

nurses in the black horse pike district got narcan in case they need to save a student's life.g for every school in the county to have this on hand and they laid out their proposal at triton high school. >>> and a new laser treatment to remove tattoos and here is proof. here is the before and after photos on how it looks just two treatments in. coming up we'll tell you about the local doctor doing the tattoo removal procedure and why it's better than others offered if the past. y26vey y5yy >>> "action news" continues. it's 4:30. with the winter storm warning for the entire viewing area, get ready we have snow coming. >>> plus, crash test dummies got a major makeover to represent with what people really look like today. and in a popular tourist spot in the united states there is now a symbol of love for people that have come here to live and contribute to our society. now the details on our forecast, warm spring like weather to a winter snow storm a roller coaster of a forecast and we have you covered. you will likely see snow on the ground and depending where you live there cou

your support groups have doubled and have been funded across the commonwealth, thousands of narcan kicksave been distributed. our work has not gone unnoticed. and a president 46 government -- governorsdented 46 have signed off on programs across the commonwealth. [applause]

that's why people never leave home without it, also known as narcan.ies it with her lipstick. >> i never got a chance to tell him how sorry i was. >> for what? >> for not understanding his plight. >> reporter: for that she's an advocate for those fighting substance abuse. >> there does come a point where you sometimes wear down, but then you get back up and you fight. you're like, i am not going to let this win. i will fight till the day that i die to try to ensure that someone else's child doesn't die. i can't save all of them, but maybe one. >> reporter: rachel crane, cnn, louisville, kentucky. >> so many moms like those two on that couch. i've done a lot of deep dives on this issue, and it just keeps morphing. heroin is stronger. the medicine cabinet is a new dealer in the thing because there's all this pain medication that's opioid-based. it's not going away. >> it's so heartbreaking. once you get caught in that downward spiral, how to break out of it -- i thought it was so poignant because she says everybody says tough love, tough love. but when y

daffodils are beginning to peak through, and hey, mother narcan do what she want if she is this warm.lowers and plants will respond to that. we will take you down near the shore right now where we are reporting 43 degrees. quite mild near shore points and more than anything cloudy skies for him. as we switch back here to storm scan three we have a couple showers working its way through the northern communities, they are very light, not a sign of anything to come. this batch of rain will not even hit us here, but we are going to see cloud break for sunny skies later today. new storm system this is very well define and usually won't be but it is out there and that is our next storm system by week even. we have a bigger system in the pipeline that comes on saturday with rain, very syringe-like thunderstorms too we will stay mile in the meantime. as sky begin to clear for more sunshine warming up nicely 63 the high, 46 it this as cloud rebuild and still quite mild and then looking forward warmest day of the pack both tomorrow and friday, ending up bumping daytime high on friday 70 is my e

another important issue to discuss is my locks on narcan which is a medication that can rapidly reverseopioid overdose and has been used by medical personnel, er settings for a long time another public health movement for laypeople to have access to my locks on. but his risk of an overdose, physician are encouraged to prescribe naloxone so that a family member or a loved one, a friend could use it in the case of a suspected overdose because the benefits far outweigh the risks. >> great. i have a question for you, sam, the first i want to throw out one more fact that i found very interesting several years ago when we were really digging into the mortality statistics again. and what was really interesting for us was that the population at greatest risk of death where the greatest desk -- death rates were, it wasn't kids as you might imagine seeking a thrill but it was people in their 40s and 50s. that's the hardest hit population in terms of mortality from opioid. so package you a little sense of what we're dealing with. sam, one of the solutions that people have talked about lately, part

in 2015, 15,000 times narcan was administered. so 15,000 people were saved who could have died from an overdose thanks to our responders, their professionalism. we don't have numbers yet for 2016, but it's going to be far higher than that. "the washington post" recently publicked a report on the epidemic in chillicothe, ohio, where a single police officer, officer ben rhodes, says that he used naloxone to reverse an overdose more than 50 tiessments -- times. one church in chillicothe recently had funerals for three victims in one week. i know chill consequently theevment it is a small town, 21,000 people. heroin and prescription drug painkillers are flooding our communities to meet a rising demand. cara, this legislation that i talk about, will help reduce that demand by increasing access to treatment and preventing new addictions from starting in the first place from better prevention and education efforts. after cara became law, i flawfd bipartisan legislation to take another step, the sing thetic trafficking overdose prevention

i think narcan explain and narcan -- united states lost 1/f our manufacturing jobs since nafta. joined since china joined the w it. o. 70,000 factories. and i used to talk about, i thought it was a typo. i tell wilbur, that can't be right. think of it, 70,000 factories. what are we doing? my administration's policies and regulatory reform, tax reform, trade policies, will return significant manufacturing jobs to our country. everything's going to be based on bringing our jobs back, the good jobs, the real jobs. they have left, and they're coming back. they have to come back. you've already seen companies such as intel, ford. mark has been great. gm, walmart, amgen, amazon, fiat, they, the other day they will make a tremendous investment in the country. carrier and others announced significant investments into the united states. ford is doing 700 million in michigan, creatinghundred new jobs. as a vote of kids, it was state ad ve of confidence -- 700 new jobs. carrier as you know, i got involved very late, almost by two years late, but many jobs leaving for mexico they're bringin

where opioid addicts leaving prison or abstinence oriented treatment programs are byied access tto narcan morally conservative local officials that regard medically assisted recovery as tantamount to heroin addiction. the ending date of this panel, 1950, seems our return. seems arbitrary. the late 20th century culture war which was a global and american phenomenon, exacerbated the moral difference and to the tactical disputes inherit to anti-vice activism and further distorted the contested legacy of anti-vice activism. thank you. [applause] time, we have some considerable time left to take questions but i wonder perhaps before we take questions from the audience maybe some of the panelists would like to respond to david's very thoughtful and provocative remarks. would anyone like to, i has remarks or would you just prefer to move directly to the q and a? move to the q&a. >> ok, all right. we would ask that you come up to the microphone to ask your question. up to the mike, if you would. thank you. >> hi. at the united states military academy. my question is for robert. i work on prostitu