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>> RIGHT NOW ON FOCUS.
FOCUS SHOW CASE PEOPLE, PLACES
AND ISSUES THAT MATTER TO YOU.
EVERYBODY HAS A STORY.
>> THESE STORIES UPLIFT AND
INSPIRE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS.
>> WELCOME TO FOCUS I'M LAUREN
IN THIS EPISODE WE TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO ADDICTION.
WE WARN YOU WILLY SHOW MATURE
CONTENT DURING THE NEXT
HALF-HOUR.
THE STATISTICS SHOW 24 MILLION
AMERICANS USED DRUGS IN THE PAST
MONTH.
THAT IS 9 PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION AND THE NUMBERS
DOUBLE WHEN WE LOOK AT TEENS.
THAT'S THE TIME WHEN MOST USE
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
LET'S GET STARTED.
THE LINK WITH DRUGS AND CRIME
HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED.
BRITTNEY LEARNED MORE.
>> THANKS, LAURA.
>> SOME IS MEANS ADDICTIONS
LIFE AND DEATH OTHERS A LIFE
BEHIND BARS.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM INDIVIDUALS
SERVING TIME BECAUSE OF DRUG
ABUSE.
>> AT THE LEE HIGH COUNTY
CORRECTION'S CENTER LOW SECURITY
POLICE FACILITY IT COSTS
TAXPAYERS A THOUSAND A BE
AMONGED TO HOUSE AN INMATE.
>> COST PER DAY NET TO THE
TAXPAYER FOR JAIL HOUSING IS $77
A DAY AND HERE AT YOUR
CORRECTION'S CENTER IT IS $32 A
DAY.
>> THAT IS THE DOLLARS AND
CENTS.
FOR THEIR MEN AND WOMEN IT IS
HARD TO MEASURE THE COST OF
THEIR ADDICTION.
>> THE LAST INCARCERATION I WAS
ABOUT TO GET IN AN ARGUMENT WITH
ONE OF THE CO'S.
AND -- MY MOM TOLD ME THAT SHE
WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME
SEE ME.
AND AT THAT MOMENT I REALIZED,
THIS IS IT FOR ME.
THIS IS WHAT THE 4TH OR FIFTH
TIME I'M LOCKED UP.
I HAVE NOT TALKED TO MY SON.
I THOUGHT MAY BE HE WOULD FORGET
ME.
THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I FELT
THAT.
THAT WAS MY ROCK BOTTOM.
I LIVE HERE AT AISLE 2 BED 21
LOCKER 217 DAYS A WEEK.
>> BECAUSE OF HER ADDICTION TO
*** THAT SHE CALLED BED
NUMBER 21 HER HOME FOR THE
INCOME SEVERAL MONTHS.
>> I WAS A STRIP ARE AT AVENLG
18.
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING MY FIRST
COUPLE OF YEARS I WAS BORED.
CRACK *** BECAME HER DRUG OF
CHOICE.
>> A RIDICULOUS OF MINE FROM A
STRIP CLUB.
I DIDN'T GO HOME BECAUSE I WAS
GETTING HIGH.
LATEST STATISTICS FROM DRUG
ABUSE ESTIMATED THE OVER ALL
COST OF DRUGS AT $119.
>> NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
>>
>> CLAIM TO HAVE SOME FORM OF
DRUGGOR ALCOHOL ADDICTION.
>> NATIONALLY THERE IS CLEAR
RER SOUS THAT SHOWS DRUG AND
ALCOHOL INTERVENTION TO THOSE
THAT ARE INCARCERATED HELPS TO
BREAK THE CYCLE OF CRIME.
>> A GOAL OF SUCCESSFUL REENT
REE WE WANT THEM TO GET
DISCHARGED TO MAINTAIN
EMPLOYMENT AND MAINTAIN DRUG AND
ALCOHOL TREEM SO THEY CAN REMAIN
SOBER AND SUCCESSFUL MEMBERS OF
SOCIETY.
>> GOD PUT ME HERE FOR NO
REASON.
>> DOING DRUGS AND ***
CAUGHT UP TO HIM IN JULY WHEN
SHE GOT A DUI HE SPENT 4 AMONG
IN LEE HIGH COUNTY PRISON AND
NOW AT CORRECTION'S CENTER.
ONE WAY TO GET HELP IS THROUGH
THE CENTER'S INTERVENTION GROUP.
>> THAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU FEEL
GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF.
THE PURPOSE OF THE INTERVENTION
IS TO HELP TO PREPARE THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THE
HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND
HELP THEM TAKE A LOOK AT
THEMSELVES AND SORT OF CREATE A
READINESS FOR THEM AND BE MORE
INTENSE TREATMENTS.
>> ALCOHOL IS OUR NUMBER ONE
ADDICTION ISSUE WHICH WE FOCUS
ON *** IS A PROMINENT DRUG
NATIONALLY IT HAS A RESURGENCE.
20 PERCENT OF INDIVIDUALS OUR
DRUG ASSESSMENT INDICATED ***
AS THEIR DRUG OF CHOICE.
>> BRITTNEY SAYS SHE USE THE
AHERN AT AGE 18.
>> I HAD IT FOR 6 YEARS.
>> LAKE SEAN ATTENDS CLASSES TO
TREAT HER ADDICTION.
>> TALK ABOUT HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS AND -- WHAT TO DO
WITH OUR FREE TIME SO WE DON'T
GET BORED AND ONE WILL GET HIGH
AGAIN.
>> THOSE HERE WHO ARE DRUG
USERS AND DRUG ADDICTIVE IF THEY
ARE RELEASED IN THE COMMUNITY
WITHOUT INTERVENTION STEPS THERE
IS A 90 PERCENT CHANCE THEY WILL
BE BACK USING IN A SHORT TIME.
OUR GOAL IS TO BREAK THAT LINK
BETWEEN DRUG ADDICTION AND
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
>> FOR FOCUS I'M BRITTNEY
REPORTING.
>> THANK YOU BRITTNEY, TO
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION I'M
JOINED BY KERREY LEE TAILOR FROM
THE CENTER OF RECOVERY.
THE CENTER OPENED IN MARCH.
IT HAS NOT BEEN OPENED A YEAR
YET.
>> WE ARE SEEING A REAL NEED IN
THE VALTOW HAVE NOT ONLY DETOX
BEDS BUT REHAB BEDS.
WE TAKE REFERRALS WE HAVE A
LARGE POPULATION THAT COME FROM
THE PRISON SYSTEM OR FROM STATE
PAROLE WE ALSO HAVE MOMS AND
DADS AND SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
PEOPLE COMING BECAUSE THEY NEED
A CLEAN START.
>> LEE HIGH COUNTY CENTER FOR
CORRECTIONS IS LOCATED A STONE'S
THROW FROM THE CENTER FOR
RECOVERY.
SO -- THERE IS MORE IN COMMON
THAN THE SHARED CAMPUS THERE IS
A SHARED LINK BETWEEN THE WORK
YOU DO.
PART OF THE WORK IS HELPING
PEOPLE START OVER BY GOING
SOMEWHERE ELSE WHEN THEY LEAVE
US.
WHEN THEY DISCHARGE WE ARE
RECOMMENDING THEY CHANGE THEIR
ENVIRONMENT SO THAT THE NEW
SKILLS THEY ACQUIRED HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE THEM AND
THE SAME SYSTEM PROBLEMS FAMILY
AND FRIENDS AND COMMUNITIES THAT
THEY WERE DEALING WITH BEFORE.
>> HOW MANY WORKED SINCE MARCH?
>> 325.
>> THAT IS SMALL ARE THAN THE
NUMBER I ANTICIPATED YOU WOULD
SAY.
>> AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE
WE ARE A FAIRLY SMALL FACILITY.
WE HAVE 70 TOKS BEDS AND 24
REHAB BEDS WE ARE ABLE TO ASSIST
31 PEOPLE AT A TIME.
>> THE CENTER WAS A LONG TIME
IN THE MAKE FROM THE COUNTY WHAT
NEW SERVICES DO YOU BRING TO THE
AREA?
>> THAT DETOX PIECE IS HUGE.
PREVIOUSLY PEOPLED GO AND DETOX
IN A HOSPITAL AND THEN THEY
WOULD FIND A REHAB BED FROM
THERE.
WE AUFRT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE
TO FORM RELATIONSHIPS AND DIG IN
AND DOT WORK FROM DAY ONE
WITHOUT THE TRANSITION.
>> PRIOR TO THE SHOW YOU AND I
WERE SDUGS HOW LONG SOMEBODY
NEED IN A CENTER AND HOW MUCH
DOES INSURANCE COVER IT IS
EXPENSIVE AS WE LEARNED THAT
TREATMENT IS EXTRAORDINARILY
EXPENSIVE.
>> IT IS BASED ON THE
INDIVIDUAL MUCH WE HAVE FOLKS
THAT COME AND THEY DO THAT DETOX
PIECE THEY ARE WITH US 5 DAYS
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT MAY BE
THEIR INSURANCE COME FROM
MEDICAL NECESSITY TO BE IN 70'S
OR 14 DAYS STANDARD COURSE
PEOPLE THINK THAT IT IS 28 DAYS.
WE HAVE FOLKS THAT STAY WITH US
LONGER.
SOME LESS.
>> AND SO -- 5 DAYS FOR SOME
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE THERE AND THEY ARE
RIGHT BACK IN SOME CASES IN
THEIR OLD NEIGHBORHOODS WHAT DO
YOU DO?
>> WE TRY TO ASSESS EVERY
INDIVIDUAL.
SOME ARE ABLE TO TAKE THAT 5 DAY
DETOX AND GET BACK IN THEIR
LIVES.
MAY BE THEY HAVE SUPPORTIVE
PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES WE MAKE
SURE WE SET UP MENTAL HEALTH AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES WE
ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE
TREATMENT.
FOR OTHERS IT IS THEM MAKING A
CHOICE THAT IS THE NOTHE BEST
ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.
FINDING A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO
AT A RECOVERY HOUSE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL IN LEE HIGH
AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
THAT ACCEPT OUR PATIENTS UPON
DISCHARGE.
>> AMONG THE THE PATIENTS DO
YOU SEE MORE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL?
>> I SAY WE SEE PEOPLE THAT
IDENTIFY WITH THE DRUG USE.
AS WE KNOW THEM THEY HAD AN
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH
ALCOHOL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
INFORMATION WE ARE GRATEFUL YOU
WERE HERE.
>> CUSTOMER LEE TAYLOR FROM THE
LEE HIGH COUNTY CENTER FOR
RECOVER.
>> COMING UP NEXT, WE ARE ABOUT
TO MEET ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN IN
RECOVERY.
AT ONE POINT SARA WAS HOMELESS
LIVING ON THE STREET AND TURNED
TO IV DRUG USE SHE CREDITS A NEW
PROGRAM IN SAVING HER LIFE.
>> SARY COLD DLLT WEN'S STORY
SERVED AS A BEACON OF HOPE.
IT GIVES FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES
WHO SUFFER WITH THEIR SONS AND
DAUGHTERS FATHERS AND MOTHERS.
SARA COULD HAVE GONE TO STATE
PRISON OR DIED ON THE STREET.
INSTEAD SHE WENT TO BUCK'S
COUNTY DRUG COURT AND HERE TO
SHARE HER STORY.
>> HOPELESSNESS OF ADDICTION
HAD ME READY TO DIE.
WANTING AND TRYING TO DIE.
>> SARA OWES HER LIFE TO THIS
COURTROOM.
>> I OVER DOSED 8 TIME IN A 12
DAY PERIOD INTENTIONALLY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE.
>> AT 27, SARA RELAPSED BACK TO
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AFTER YEARS OF
RECOVERY FROM *** AND
***.
HER ADDICTION LEAD TO ARRESTS.
WOMAN WHO EARNED AN MBA HAD A
WONDERFUL JOB AND RAISING A
DAUGHTER.
>> WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
THROUGH SHACKLES AND CUFFS
RESCUED ME -- THAT WAS THE END.
THAT WAS THE END.
I REMEMBERED THE DAY THAT MY
ATTORNEY TOLD ME -- THE D. A. IS
LOOKING FOR 5-10 IN THE STATE
PRISON.
AND I'M GOING TO WORK HARD TO
GET YOU 2-4.
>> AND I JUST WANTED LIFE TO BE
OVER AT THAT POINT.
>> A DETECTIVE ON SARA'S CASE
SUGGESTED 3 PURSUED DRUG COURT.
2 YEARS LATER SHE NOW COUNTS
HERSELF AMONG THE PROGRAM'S 36
GRADUATES INSTEAD OF FACING TIME
IN PRISON FACED SENIOR JUDGE
ROOF AND HIS DRUG COURT TEAM.
>> I HAVE COME TO SEE THAT
SAVING A LIFE AND THEY TELL US
THAT WE ARE SAVING LIVES, THEY,
THE FAMILIES; IS WORTH THE
INVESTMENT THAT WE PUT IN THESE
PEOPLE.
>> DESCRIBING HIMSELF AS QUIET
AND PATERNAL THE JUDGE GIVES
OSHG FENDERS A CHANCE TO AVOID
PRISON AND WIPE THEIR RECORDS
CLEAN.
THEY DO IT BY STAYING CLEAN
THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM WHICH
LASTS 18-24 MONTHS THEY APPEAR
IN COURT ONCE A WEEK SUBMIT TO
URINE TESTS AND ATTEND MEETINGS
5-6 TIMES A WEEK.
>> WE HAVE TAKEN ON TOUGH CASE.
CASE WHERE THE PROBATION
OFFICERS SAID THIS GUY, THIS
GIRL WILL NOT MAKE IT.
AND WE GRADUATED.
>> THE PROGRAM RECEIVES FUNDING
FROM THE COUNTY AND THE BUREAU
OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCEFUL COURTS
LIKE THIS ARE SOFT ON CRIME.
TO THOSE DETRACT ORS THE JUDGE
POINTS TO THESE STATISTICS.
SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED IT HAS
50 PERCENT SUCCESS RATE ONE HAS
BEEN ARRESTED AGAIN.
FOR THOSE WHO COMPLETE THE DRUG
COURT THE JUDGE PRESENTS A
TOKEN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HE GIVES EACH GRADUATE A
WALKING STICK HAND PECKED WITH
CARE.
IT IS THERE AS AN AID NOT A
CRUTCH.
>> YOU AND I NEED HELP
SOMETIME
SOMETIMES.
THE DAY SEEING SOMEBODY -- THAT
CAN REBUILD YOUR LIFE -- THEN IT
IS EVERYTHING.
>> MONTHS AGO SHE STOOD IN THE
COURTROOM AND READ THESE WORDS.
>> I LEARNED THERE IS MORE TO
LIFE THAN ADDICTION.
>> TODAY SHE WALKS FREE THANKS
TO THE DRUG COURT.
>> I DON'T HAVE TO SEARCH FOR
LOVE AND A DRINK IN A NEEDLE.
THANK YOU, DRUG COURT.
>> FROM FOCUS.
>> THANK YOU, GROVER.
ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTE ON
DRUG ABUSE NEXT TO ALCOHOL AND
MARIJUANA SUBSCRIPTION DRUGS
OTHER MOST XHANL USED IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> JOINING ME IS KIM, KIM HAS
BEEN CLEAN FOR 5 YEARS MUCH
BEFORE SHE TURNED HER LIFE
AROUND HER DAYS HAD DEVASTATION
BECAUSE OF HER ADDICTION TO PAIN
KILLERS.
>> WHEN DID YOU USE?
>> I USED WHEN I WAS YOUNGER TO
HIGH SCHOOL AND MY FIRST YEAR OF
COLLEGE.
DIIT TO TRY TO BE MORE SOCIAL I
FELT IT MADE ME MORE SOCIAL AND
FIT IN MORE.
IF JUST TURNED TO AN EVERY DAY
BATTLE TO GET MY FIX.
AND THE PAIN KILLERS WERE THE
ONLY THING THAT WERE IMPORTANT
TO ME.
ALONG THAT, I STARTED LOSING
KEKSZ I HAD WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS AND FELL IN A LOT OF
DEBT.
AND I HAD NO LEVEL
RESPONSIBILITY WHAT SO EVER AND
I COULD SEE WHERE MY LIFE WAS
HEADED AND IT WAS DISASTER.
>> HOW LONG DID THIS GO ON?
>> FROM WHEN I WAS 15 TO 19.
I SORT OF HAD AN AWAKENING THAT
SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGE.
I ENTERED TREATMENT WHEN I WAS
19.
>> WE HEAR TIMES IN THE MEDIA
THE TERM ROCK BOTTOM.
IS THAT REAL AND DID IT HAPPEN
TO YOU?
>> I HIT MY OWN BOTTOM.
I WOULD NOT CALL IT ROCK BOTTOM.
I BELIEVE THAT IS A FALLACY WHEN
YOU SAY YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
YOU HIT ROCK BOTTOM.
I THINK WE -- YOU CAN PULL
YOURSELF UP BEFORE YOU GET TO
THAT POINT AND I WAS IN THE
PROCESS OF BUDGET DAMAGING
FAMILY AND FRIENDS I DECIDED I
NEED TO RESET.
>> WAS THERE AN INCIDENT THAT
MADE YOU REALIZE YOUR LIFE HAD
TO CHANGE.
>> I WAS DRIVING DOWN ROUTE 33
AND IT WAS RAINING AND I SPUN
OUT OF CONTROL MUCH AS MY CAR
WAS SPINNING I SAW IT SYMBOLECK
OF MY LIFE SPINNING OUT OF
CONTROL AND HEADED TO DISASTER.
AND AT THAT MOMENT -- THEY
NEEDED TO CHANGE AND I NEEDED TO
BE RESET.
>> ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTE
OF DRUG ABUSE EFFECTIVE
TREATMENT INCLUDE DETOX
TREATMENT AND RELAPSE
PREVENTION.
WERE THOSE THE STEPS YOU
FOLLOWED?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WITH COUNCILING AND THERAPY AS
WELL AS A -- DRUG I WAS ABLE TO
CHANGE WHAT I NEEDED TO AND GET
BACK ON TRACK.
>> AND HOW LONG DID THAT
PROCESS TAKE YOU?
>> I WAS ON THE DRUG FOR LESS
THAN A YEAR.
AND THROUGH THE COUNCILING AND
EVERYTHING, IT -- WAS ABOUT A
YEAR PROCESS AND THERE IS ALSO
FOLLOW UP AND PREVENTION YOU DO
ALONG THE WAY.
ON GOING DISEASE THAT NEEDS TO
BE MANAGED.
>> NOW YOU ARE 25.
>> YES.
>> YOU HAVE GROWN FROM THE
EXPERIENCES YOU ARE PART OF A
NEW PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN RESET
REALITY.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> I STARTED OFF WITH THEM I
THINK IN SEPTEMBER WE LAUNCHED
RESET REALITY AND WITH MICHAEL
FROM THE JERSEY SHORE AS A
SPOKES PERSON.
AND WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO
BRING AWARENESS TO SUBSTANCE
ABUSE AND STOCHL OUT THE STIG
MACHL WE PUT ADDICTION IN THE
CORNER BUT IT IS REAL AND THERE
IS TREATMENT.
>> WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE
AWAY.
>> THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT
THING TO TAKE AWAY TO REALIZE
DREAMS ARE ACHIEVABLE.
WITH WORD AND EFFORT ANYTHING
CAN HAPPEN.
YOU CAN RESXET START OVER.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
EXPERIENCE AND WE WISH YOU THE
BEST.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING ME.
>> OUR NEXT GUEST SPENT HIS
CAREER WORKING WITH ALEX
>> RECOVERY THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL
RIN TAKE UNIT WHERE THEY HELP
PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH DRUG AND
ALCOHOL ABUSE.
I LEARN SO MUCH WHEN WE HAVE YOU
ON THE SHOW MUCH
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE
MENTIONED WHEN WE TALKED PRIOR
WHAT ARE THE NEW TRENDSES YOU
SEE.
YOU MENTIONED DRINKING GAMES AND
A NEW DRUG CALLED MOLLY.
>> MOLLY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A
TIME.
IT IS LIKE ECSTASY.
IT IS AN AMPHETAMINE BASED
SUBSTANCE IT IS TAKEN AT PARTIES
AND A MOOD ENHANCER TO ENHANCE
THE MUSIC AND THE FEELINGS THAT
GO WITH THAT.
AND IT IS USED ON THE PARTY
SCENE IN THE COLLEGE AND SOME OF
THE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOL
LEVELS.
IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE IT
IS MADE A NEW RESURGENCE IN THE
LEE HIGH VALLEY.
>> IS IT HABIT FORMING?
>> MOLLY IS HABIT FORMING IN
THE SENSE THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
THEY NEED IT TO HAVE A BETTER
TIME.
AS FAR AS PHYSICALLY, NO.
THERE IS NO RESEARCH THAT SHOWS
IT IS PHYSICALLY ADIKTIVE.
IT CAN BE HARMFUL WHEN TAKING
WITH OTHER MEDICATIONS OR
ALCOHOL.
>> WHAT ARE THE DANGERS
ASSOCIATED WITH IT?
>> THEY ARE LIKE WITH ANY
AMPHETAMINE YOU ARE INCREASING
YOUR HEART RATE AND THE
METABOLISM.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF HAVING
A HEART ATTACK.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF
RAISING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE TO A
DANGEROUS LEVEL.
WHEN YOU MIX WITH ALCOHOL IT CAN
BE VOLATILE.
PEOPLE HAVE OVER DOZED EVIDENCE
THAT PEOPLE ENDED UP IN COMMAS
>>.
THE OTHER TREND IS DRINKING
GAMES WHEN ARE NOT NEW BUT WELL
IS A NEW TWIST?
>> THERE SEEMS TO BE THE
INTERNET HAS ITS WONDERS,
FINDING THERE R DRINKING GAMES
GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
YOU SEE NEW WAYS OF DOING IT.
THE GAME, PONG HAS BEEN AROUND
FOREVER IN COLLEGE BUT THERE ARE
NEW WAYS OF DOING IT.
SEEING SOMETHING NEW KIDS WANT
TO EXPERIMENT AND GO OUT AND DO
IT.
THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY ARE TAKE
NOTHING ALOLT OF ALCOHOL QUICKLY
AND AT THAT POINT HIGHLY
INTOXICATED TO THE POINT OF THEY
COULD BE HELPFULIZED AS A RESULT
OF OVER DOZE.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK ARE WE
SEEING HOSPITALIZATIONS AND OVER
DOSES.
>> WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS
PEOPLE ENDS UP IN HOSPITALS
BECAUSE THEY TAKE MORE WAY QUICK
ARE THAN THEY ARE USED TO.
AND MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY DRINK
THEY LEARN HOW TO DRINK AND
LEARN HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH AND
LEARN WHEN TO STOP.
WHEN YOU TAKE IN LARGE VOL
UNANIMOUS AT A RATE OF TIME THAT
THE ALCOHOL TAKES OVER AND IT
CAN BE LETHAL.
>> ONE OF THE OTHER TOPICS I
WANTED DISCUSS IS MARIJUANA USE.
WE ARE SEEING DRUG USE AND
MARIJUANA USE ON THE RISE AMONG
YOUNG PEOPLE.
STATISTICS SHOW THAT ONE IN
512TH GRADERS USED MARIJUANA IN
THE LAST MONTH.
I THINK IT IS BECOMING MORE
DIFFICULT FOR PARENTS WE'RE SEE
NEGLIGENT MEDIA MANY STATES
DECRIMINALIZING MARIJUANA.
YET WE ARE SEEING YOUTH ON THE
RISE AMONG TEENS.
WHAT ADVICE TO YOU HAVE FOR
PARENTS TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY
WITH THIS GATEWAY DRUG.
>> I IMAGINE IT IS CONFUSING
PER PARENTS WHAT TO DO ABOUT
MARIJUANA.
SOME PARENTS USE THE MARIJUANA
AND SAID I TURNED OUT OKAY.
MARIJUANA TODAY IS NOT THE
MARIJUANA OF YESTERDAY AND IT IT
IS STRONGER.
THE OTHER PART IS ALL THE
DECRIMINALIZATION WE HAVE TO
REALIZE THAT ALCOHOL IS LEGAL
THERE IS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALCOHOLICS AND IT
IS ALCOHOL YOU HAVE TO BE 21 TO
USE IT.
STATES THAT ARE DECRIMINALIZING
IT IS ONLY FOR ADULTS NOT FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEREFORE THERE
IS A POTENTIAL FOR DANGER.
YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WHAT IS
ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
INSIGHT.
>> WE PRODUCE THIRD DEGREE SHOW
WITH WILL WELLER HEALING
EDUCATION CENTER THANKS TO A
GRANT WE BROUGHT 50 STUDENTS
HERE FOR A FIELD TRIP.
AFTER THE SHOW THEY WILL
PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM TO
PREVENT DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE.
BRITTNEY, I THINK WHEN WE DO
STORIES LIKE THIS WE OWE A DEBT
OF THANKS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
SHARE THEIR PERSONAL STORIES.
YOU CAN'T PUT A FACE ON
ADDICTION WITHOUT THEM.
>> THEY ARE HONEST.
SARA IS PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR
PROARCHITECT.
NOW SHE IS HELPING THE PEOPLE AS
PEOPLE HELPED HER ONCE.
>> WE HEARD FROM SISTER
VIRGINIA WE MET IN THE FALL THE
SDISHTH OF STEVEN'S PLACE.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE WHAT SHE IS
DOING TO HELP THE ADDICTS.
>> SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
>> FROM ALL OF US, THANK YOU
JOINING US.
FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS.
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