latino story; people are
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>> RIGHT NOW A WISN 12 STATE OF
, ADDICTION SPECIAL.
>> PEOPLE ARE DYING
WISCONSIN FAMILIES TORN APART BY
OPIOID ABUSE.
>> I HATED LIFE, I HATED
EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
BUT I COULDN'T STOP.
>> HE WAS AN 80 POUND HEROIN
ADDICT AND THERE WAS NOTHING
LEFT.
>> TONIGHT, AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT
WHO IS HURTING.
>> IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED ME
HOW I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO
TURN OUT -- THIS IS NOT THE PATH
I THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN.
>> AND WHO IS HELPING.
>> HIT HER WITH THE NARCAN!
>> FROM PAIN PILLS TO HEROIN.
VIRTUALLY NO ONE IS IMMUNE.
>> MY BROTHER IS A RECOVERING
HEROIN ADDICT WHEN I SAY
RECOVERING HE IS SITTING IN THE
JAIL RIGHT NOW.
MY JAIL.
>> PLUS, A FASCINATING LOOK AT
LOCAL GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH ON
HOW OPIODS AFFECT THE BRAIN.
>> THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS,
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
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RIGHT NOW, LIVE FROM THE WISN
12 NEWS STUDIOS, HERE IS KATHY
MYKLEBY.
KATHY: GOOD EVENING.
ADDICTION.
IT MEANS YOU'RE HOOKED.
YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE IT.
IT MEANS YOU ARE A PRISONER OF A
CRAVING THAT VERY WELL MIGHT
KILL YOU.
IN WISCONSIN, SYKROCKETING
OPIOID AND HEROIN USE HAS
COUNTLESS PEOPLE IN A STATE OF
ADDICTION.
TONIGHT WE'RE DEDICATING AN
ENTIRE HOUR, COMMERCIAL FREE, TO
THE TOPIC.
WE'RE ALSO LIVE ON FACEBOOK
RIGHT NOW, 12 NEWS' ADRIENNE
PEDERSEN IS WITH TWO DOCTORS,
STANDING BY, WAITING TO TAKE
QUESTIONS ABOUT OPIOID
ADDICTION, THINGS TO WATCH OUT
FOR, AND HOW TO GET HELP, WE
WILL CHECK IN WITH THEM IN
MOMENT, KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW OUR
EXPERTS ARE READY TO TAKE YOUR
QUESTIONS ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
GIVE THEM A CALL.
TONIGHT, WE START WITH THE
OPIOID CRISIS, AND THE TIGHT
GRASP IT HAS ON OUR COMMUNIT
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN HEROIN
ADDICTION WAS CONFINED TO BACK
ROOMS, DARK ALLEYS, PERHAPS
UNDER A BRIDGE, ALMOST ALWAYS IN
MAJOR URBAN CENTERS, AND MOST OF
US DID NOT EVEN KNOW THE TERM
OPIOID.
THAT HAS CHANGED.
TODAY, A PERSON IS MORE LIKELY
TO DIE OF A HEROIN OR OPIOID
OVERDOSE THAN DIE OF CANCER, DIE
IN A CAR CRASH, OR DIE BY
GUNFIRE.
AND AN ADDICT MIGHT BE SOMEONE
IN YOUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS OR IN
YOUR OWN FAMIL
USERS CAN BE PARENTS,
LIKE THIS WAUKESHA COUNTY FATHER
ACCUSED OF GETTING HIGH AND
PASSING OUT WITH HIS KIDS IN THE
CAR.
>> MY DAD'S DEAD!
HE'S NOT WAKING UP TO ANYTHING.
KATHY: THEY CAN BE THE PERSON
NEXT DOOR --
>> THIS WASHINGTON COUNTY MOTHER
IS ACCUSED OF RUNNING A DRUG
RING OUT OF HER KITCHEN.
KATHY: OR, THEY CAN BE LIVING IN
YOUR OWN HOME --
>> A GREENVILLE FATHER IS NOW
CHARGING THAT FACING CHARGES FOR
SHOOTING HIS SON.
KATHY: A FATHER SAYS HE WAS
DRIVEN TO THE BRINK.
>> I LOST IT AND DID SOMETHING
STUPID.
KATHY: AN EXAMPLE OF THE
TREMENDOUS STRESS THE CYCLE OF
ABUSE PUTS ON RELATIONSHIPS.
THE LINK BETWEEN PAINKILLERS AND
HEROIN IS STRONG.
STATE HEALTH RECORDS SUGGEST
THREE OUT OF FOUR HEROIN ABUSERS
STARTED BY USING LEGALLY
PRESCRIBED OPIOIDS.
COMMONLY PRESCRIBED OPIOID PILLS
FOR PAIN ARE OXYCODONE,
HYDROCODONE, CODEINE, AND
FENTANYL.
THERE ARE MANY BRAND NAMES.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS A PROBLEM
WITH ROOTS IN THE BRAIN'S
CHEMISTRY.
DR. MATTHEW HEARING, A SCIENTIST
AT MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY, IS
LEADING A GROUNDBREAKING STUDY
RIGHT NOW.
>> WE ARE USING ELECTRICAL
SIGNALS AND TRANSFERS OF
ELECTRICAL INFORMATION TO TELL
HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
KATHY: HIS LAB IS RESEARCHING
HOW OPIOIDS AFFECT THE BRAIN,
HOW THEY ACTUALLY TAKE OVER THE
WAY YOU THINK AND STEAL YOUR
ABILITY TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION.
>> WE ARE STARTING TO FIND OUT
THAT CHANGES IN THOSE DIRECTIONS
ARE ULTIMATELY DRIVING THE
PEOPLE TO SEEK OUT AND USE
DRUGS.
KATH 70% OF JOG DEATHS IN
WISCONSIN IN BALL OPIOIDS.
OPIOID ADDICTION IS SUCH A BIG
PROBLEM IN WISCONSIN THAT THE
STATE IS COMMISSIONING A TASK
FORCE, RECRUITING THE BEST AND
BRIGHTEST TO FIGHT IT.
AND WE FOUND SOME EVERYDAY
WARRIORS.
TOYA WASHINGTON INTRODUCES US TO
A FAMILY TRYING TO SAVE LIVES,
AFTER THE ODYSSEY OF TRYING TO
RESCUE THEIR OWN SON
>> SO WE WERE THE, WE THOUGHT,
THE "NORMAL PERFECT FAMILY"
REPORTER: A FATHER AND SON TEAM
RICK AND TYLER LYBERT WORK SIDE
BY SIDE FOR THE FAMILY
LANDSCAPING BUSINESS
ASHLEY, TYLER'S BIG SISTER,
>> WE ARE COMPLETE OPPOSITES.
REPORTER: MOM SANDI THE FAMILY'S
GLUE.
>> RICK AND I WOULD GO TO ALL OF
THEIR EVENTS.
REPORTER: FAMILY VACATIONS AT
THE LAKE, CELEBRATING
MILESTONES, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, A
TYPICAL FAMILY.
--
REPORTER: BUT ADDICTION WAS
TEARING THIS HARTLAND FAMILY
APART.
>> I'D WAKE UP AND THINK I DID
IT AGAIN, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I
DID IT AGAIN.
AND AFTER I WOULD CRASH A CAR OR
DO THIS AND EVERY MORNING IT WAS
LIKE WHY?
WHY CAN'T I STOP?
REPORTER: CONFESSIONS OF A
HEROIN ADDICT.
>> I HAVE A 200 PAGE JOURNAL
THAT SAYS ALL HATE LETTERS TO
MYSELF SAYING I NEED TO STOP.
IT WENT ON FOR EIGHT YEARS.
I DID NOT WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE
BUT I HAD TO.
IT IS LIKE HAVING A DARK
PASSENGER IN THE BACK OF YOUR
HEAD.
IT IS FINE UNTIL HE WANTS TO
TAKE OVER AND START DRIVING.
ONCE HE STARTS DRIVING YOU CAN'T
GET AWAY FROM IT.
REPORTER: HE STARTED OUT LIKE A
LOT OF LITTLE BOYS.
BUSY PLAYING BASEBALL,
BASKETBALL, AND FOOTBALL, WITH A
SUPPORTIVE, INTACT FAMILY.
>> I WAS A HYPERACTIVE KID IT
WAS REALLY HARD TO KEEP ME IN
CHECK EVEN IN 1ST 2ND 3RD GRADE
I WAS ALWAYS BOUNCING OFF THE
WALLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
REPORTER: BUT CURIOSITY GOT OUT
OF CONTROL.
>> 6TH GRADE I STARTED DRINKING,
7TH GRADE I STARTING SMOKING
POT, 15 YEARS OLD I STARTED
DOING PILLS, 16/17 I WAS ON
HEROIN.
REPORTER: A STUDENT IN THE LAKE
COUNTRY AREA, RUN-INS WITH THE
POLICE CAME EARLY, TOO.
>> I GOT ARRESTED A TON.
MY FIRST UNDERAGE DRINKING
TICKET I WAS 12.
IT RACKED UP AFTER THAT.
I THINK I GOT 17-19 UNDERAGE
DRINKING TICKETS.
>> I WOULD NOT TELL RICK I WANT
TO PICK HIM UP FROM THE STATION
AGAIN.
I WOULDN'T TELL RICK HE WAS
CHEWING AGAIN.
THEY ASKED ME IF I WAS A GOOD
MOTHER.
IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE
WHEN WE KNEW HE HAD A PROBLEM
WAS HE GOT A TICKET IN THE PARK
AND GOT ANOTHER ONE IN THE PARK.
>> WHEN I LOOK BACK --
SORRY.
I THINK THAT I TOOK SO MUCH ON
PERSONALLY
THAT I ADDED ON TO THE MANY
YEARS OF HIS DRUG USE.
>> AT FIRST I WANTED TO HELP
HIM, I WANTED TO BE INVOLVED, BE
SUPPORTIVE.
BUT THEN HE SWITCHED TO EVEN
CARE WHAT USE CAN ASSAY.
I DON'T CARE IF I STEAL YOUR TV.
I DON'T CARE WHAT I DO TO YOU, I
JUST WANT MY DRUGS.
>> EVERY MORNING I WOULD BE LIKE
'I'M DONE I CAN'T DO THIS
ANYMORE'.
BUT BY NOON THAT VOICE IN THE
BACK OF MY HEAD WOULD START
CREEPING UP.
AND I COULDN'T STOP MYSELF FROM
DOING IT.
REPORTER: THEN AT 18 YEARS OLD,
ANOTHER LIFE ALTERING EVENT FOR
TYLER.
>> DURING HIS USE, HE WAS DATING
A GIRL, SHE WAS PREGNANT DURING
AT 40-YEARS-OLD WE BURIED OUR
FIRST GRANDSON BECAUSE OF THIS.
REPORTER: TYLER'S GIRLFRIEND WAS
ALSO ADDICTED.
>> WE SAW TYLER CARRYING THE
CASKET INTO THE CHURCH.
I REMEMBER STANDING AT THE
GRAVESITE AND THOUGHT, HE WAS
GOING TO BE NEXT.
WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE
HIS CHANGING POINT.
WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE
WHEN HE WOULD STOP.
IT ESCALATED MORE.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN
EVERYTHING IS LOST?
>> HE WAS AN 80 POUND HEROIN
ADDICT AND THERE WAS NOTHING
LEFT.
>> I LITERALLY HAD GIVEN UP.
THERE WAS NO REASON TO STICK
AROUND.
>> WE'D OFFER TREATMENT BEFORE
BUT I WOULD NEVER LET HIM GO
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IF WE LET HIM
GO HE WOULD DIE.
HE WAS ALREADY DEAD INSIDE
>> MY FAMILY WAS LIKE WE ARE
DONE, GET OUT OF HERE.
I HAD NOTHING LEFT TO LIVE FOR.
I WAS ON THE BRINK OF TAKING MY
OWN LIFE WHEN MOM GAVE ME THE
OPTION TO GET HELP WOULD NEVER
BE A PART OF THE FAMILY AGAIN.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG TURNING
POINTS.
REPORTER: YOU SAY YOU ARE IN A
DRUG HOUSE IN MILWAUKEE WHEN YOU
GOT THIS CALL.
>> I HAD SUNK TO THE PART WHERE
I COULD NOT BREATHE ANYMORE.
REPORTER: WHY DID YOU CALL THAT
DAY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> I CAN REMEMBER THAT DAY AND I
WASN'T GOING TO ANSWER MOM'S
PHONE CALL.
>> I REMEMBER SAYING TYLER YOU
HAVE 2 OPTIONS.
YOU CAN GO AND I'M GOING TO LET
YOU GO AND YOU CAN DO WH
YOU ARE DOING, BUT WE WILL NO
LONGER CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH.
WE CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
>> I WAS OUT OF ANY KIND OF
MONEY, I HAD BEEN WEARING THE
SAME CLOTHES FOR A WEEK, I
DIDN'T HAVE ANY FOOD, I BARELY
HAD A PLACE TO SLEEP.
I HAD BEEN JUMPING FROM HOUSE TO
HOUSE TO HOUSE.
>> I REMEMBER SAYING WE WERE
GOING TO OFFER YOU TREATMENT AND
SUPPORT YOU 100%.
I REMEMBER SITTING THERE SAYING
PLEASE GOD LET HIM TRY
TREATMENT.
>> IT WAS TERRIFYING.
REPORTER: HOW LONG DID IT TAKE
YOU TO CALL ME BACK?
>> TWO MINUTES?
AND YOU CALLED BACK AND HE GOES
OK.
I REMEMBER LOOKING UP AND SAYING
THANK YOU.
I KNOW WE HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD
OF US, BUT THANK YOU FOR GIVING
US THE START.
>> AND THAT 2 MINUTES BETWEEN
HER PHONE CALL AND I DECIDED I
SAID THE SAME THING.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
I HAVE ANOTHER OPTION.
REPORTER: IT WOULD TAKE A 6TH
TIME IN TREATMENT THE FINAL
ATTEMPT AT AN INTENSE IN-PATIENT
FACILITY WORKED.
CLEAN NOW FOR 8 YEARS, TYLER
SHARES WHAT STILL HAUNTS HIM.
>> THERE WAS 4 OF US THAT USED
ALL THE TIME TOGETHER, NON-STOP.
4 OF US MADE IT OUT
SUCCESSFULLY, BUT 35 OF THEM
DIED.
REPORTER: I'M SORRY?
>> 35 OF THEM DIED.
I'VE BEEN TO 35 FUNERALS OF
PEOPLE THAT I'VE KNOWN THAT USED
AND DIED.
REPORTER: AND, ANOTHER
CONFESSION.
>> SOME OF THE KIDS THAT I TOLD
SHOULD TRY THIS ARE DEAD BECAUSE
OF ME SAYING THAT.
REPORTER: HOW DO YOU RECTIFY
THAT GUILT?
>> I DON'T.
I NEVER WILL.
THTA'S SOMETHING THAT WILL LIVE
WITH ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
ALL I CAN DO IS PREVENT THE NEXT
GENERATION FROM DOING IT.
REPORTER: THAT HAS BEEN THE
LYBERTS MISSION NOW FOR 8 YEARS
.
>> DATA MY FAULT LIKE IT WAS
WORLD WAR II.
MOM CRIED EVERYDAY BECAUSE OF
WHAT I WAS DOING.
REPORTER: OPENING UP TO CIVIC
GROUPS AND LAW-ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS.
>> THAT IS THE POINT WHERE
TRYING TO GET ACROSS TO YOU.
YOU LAUGH ABOUT IT?
IT IS FUNNY?
REPORTER: WHICH CAN BE AT TIMES
FRUSTRATING.
>> WE KNOW THAT WE AREN'T GOING
TO REACH EVERY KID.
WE ACCEPTED THAT RIGHT AWAY BUT
THE ONES WE DO REACH MEAN
SOMETHING.
REPORTER: OPENING UP THE WOUNDS
OF THE PAST TO PREVENT OTHERS
FROM GOING THROUGH WHAT THE
LYBERTS WENT THROUGH NOT AN EASY
MISSION.
>> IT'S LIKE RIPPING A BAND-AID
OFF EVERY TIME WE TALK.
YOU SEE US NOW AND WE'RE HAPPY
NORMAL FAMILY WHEN WE HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT IT WE HAVE TO GO BACK
TO THAT HORRIBLE PLACE.
REPORTER: WITH RIPPING THAT BAND
AID OFF, WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO
MAKE YOUR STORY PUBLIC AND MAKE
THIS YOUR MISSION?
>> HOW CAN WE NOT?
HOW CAN WE NOT DO IT?
>> MORE TO THE WHY KEEP RIPPING
POINT, OFF THAT BAND-AID BECAUSE
IF OUR PAIN HELPS SOMEONE STAY
AWAY FROM THEIR OWN PAIN IT'S
WORTH IT.
REPORTER: SO FROM THE DEPTHS OF
DESPAIR, THE LYBERTS FORMED AN
ORGANIZATION CALLED YOUR CHOICE
TO LIVE, A NON-PROFIT THAT RUNS
OFF DONATIONS, PRIVATE GRANTS
AND SOME OF THEIR OWN MONEY.
KATHY: THEY ARE HELPING A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
REPORTER: THEY ARE EXPANDING.
THEY HAVE HIT SOME 150 SCHOOLS
IN OUR AREA, WHICH MEANS THEY
HAVE REACHED MORE THAN 125,000
STUDENTS.
KATHY: TOYA YOU WALKED AWAY FROM
THIS WITH A NEW PERSPECTIVE
REPORTER: YES THE ONE THING THAT
REALLY CLICKED FOR ME, TYLER WAS
11 THE FIRST TIME HE TRIED
ALCOHOL.
MY OLDEST IS NOW 10, SO IT
REALLY HIT HOME.
FOR THOSE WITH KIDS IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,NOW REALLY IS
THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT YOUR
EXPECTATIONS FOR THEM.
KATHY: AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
REPORTER: OUR THANKS TO THE
LYBERTS FOR THEIR HONESTY.
KATHY: AND AGAIN WE HAVE DOCTORS
TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW
ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
OUR ADRIENNE PEDERSEN IS WITH
THEM MODERATING THE LIVE CHAT.
GO THERE NOW, ASK THEM ANY
QUESTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET
AN ANSWER.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH HER ABOUT
SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL
QUESTIONS IN JUST A BIT.
A MOMENT AGO, WE HEARD A STORY
OF ADDICTION FROM THE HEART OF
LAKE COUNTRY, NOW, WE TURN TO
THE HEART OF MILWAUKEE'S CENTRAL
CITY.
MELINDA DAVENPORT SPEAKS TO MORE
PEOPLE DEVOTED TO MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
>> I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD THAT
IT WAS SO BIG HERE ON THE
SOUTHSIDE OF MILWAUKEE.
REPORTER: YOU HAD NO IDEA?
>> I HAD NO IDEA.
REPORTER: RAYMOND RIVERA IS A
COMMUNITY ACTIVIST ON THE CITY'S
SOUTH SIDE.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT OPIOID
ADDICTION HERE IN MILWAUKEE'S
LATINO COMMUNITY.
>> NO ONE EVER PLANS TO BE A
HEROIN ADDICT.
OK?
YOU HAVE THESE PLANS, OH, I JUST
DRANK A LITTLE BIT, OH I JUST
SMOKED A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WILL
NEVER GET TO THIS.
REPORTER: HE SAYS, ITS A GROWING
PROBLEM THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO
EVEN KNOW ABOUT.
>> SOMEONE SAYS, RAYMOND, DID
YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT HERE ON THE
SOUTHSIDE, THERE'S A BIG HEROIN
EPIDEMIC.
AND I AM LIKE REALLY?
I KNEW THERE WAS SOME GOING ON.
REPORTER: SO RAYMOND BROUGHT
PEOPLE TOGETHER, SO IT CAN BE
TALKED ABOUT.
AT THE UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER,
HE INVITED PARENTS, MIDDLE
SCHOOLERS, EDUCATORS AND OTHER
ACTIVISTS TO DO JUST THAT.
>> IT IS REAL BIG BUT IT IS
HUSH-HUSH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
LET -- OF MILWAUKEE WITH
LATINOS.
REPORTER: MEDICAL DATA SHOWS
THAT WHILE MOST DEATHS ARE AMONG
BLACKS, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP
THAT ALMOST NO COMMUNITY IS
UNTOUCHED BY THE EPIDEMIC.
THERE ARE SHADED AREAS THAT ARE
DARKER PURPLE ON THIS MAP WHERE
THERE IS A HIGH DENSITY ZONE OF
OVERDOSE DEATHS ON MILWAUKEE'S
SOUTH SIDE.
THE NUMBERS ARE FUELING RIVERA'S
MISSION AND THE WALKER SQUARE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> ARE BABIES, OUR YOUNG KIDS
ARE FALLING TO THE PREY OF THESE
JUG DEALERS AND MAKING IT SO
GOOD.
THEY ARE IN THE SONGS, IT IS IN
SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT MAKES IT SEEM OK AND IT IS
NOT.
PEOPLE ARE DYING EVERY DAY.
♪
REPORTER: IF YOU LISTEN TO
POPULAR MUSIC ITS ALL IN THERE.
MILEY CYRUS SINGING ABOUT LEAN
OPIATE-LACED DRINKS GLAMORIZED
BY PERFORMERS LIKE FUTURE, AND
JUSTIN BIEBER.
ITS A COMBINATION OF
PRESCRIPTION COUGH SYRUP WHICH
HAS THE OPIATE CODEINE, WHICH
PROMISES A DRINKABLE EUPHORI
>> 1-2 KEEP MY EYES COOL, 3 OR 4
SIPS HAVE ME LEANING LIKE A
FOOL.
REPORTER: PRESSURE ON YOUNG
PEOPLE ALSO COMES IN THE FORM OF
GANG LIFE.
AND ITS NOT JUST SIZZURP THAT
GETS PEOPLE HOOKED.
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS
22-YEAR-OLD BRIAYAN MARTINEZ
WHO CAME FROM COLOMBIA AS A
CHILD.
HE'S A RECOVERING ADDICT, THAT
SAYS, NOT EVERYONE FITS THE
STEREOTYPE THAT GETS HOOKED TO
OPIOIDS.
HE HIT ROCK BOTTOM BEFORE HE
DECIDED TO CHANGE HIS LIFE.
>> I WAS 119 POUNDS.
WHEN I WEIGHED MYSELF AND I SAW
THAT, I WAS LIKE, HEY, I GOT TO
CHANGE.
BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DIE.
REPORTER: HE WANTED TO SHARE HIS
STORY AT THE SUMMIT, AND BECAUSE
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE IN THIS
COMMUNITY KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS
AFFECTED THERE'S STILL HOPE.
>> I GOT CAUGHT WITH A LOT OF
DRUGS, I WAS FACING A LOT OF
CHARGES, SO WHEN I GOT OUT OF
JAIL, I REACHED OUT TO MY MOM,
AND TOLD HER HEY, I NEED TO
CHANGE.
SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME AT FIRST,
SHE'S HEARD IT SO MANY TIMES OUT
OF MY MOUTH.
SHE'S LIKE, SORRY BUT I CAN'T
BELIEVE YOU.
AND I WAS TELLING MYSELF I NEED
TO CHANGE.
REPORTER: RAYMOND URGES THE
LATINO COMMUNITY TO GIVE PEOPLE
STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION THE
CHANCE TO CHANGE, EVEN THOUG
THERE'S A LONG LASTING STIGMA.
>> THESE ARE MOTHERS, THESE ARE
FATHERS THESE ARE COUSINS,
UNCLES, AND SOMETIMES WE THINK
WE FORGET THAT.
THESE ARE HEROIN ADDICTS OH STAY
AWAY FROM THEM.
THEY HAVE MADE SOME BAD
CHOICES AND DECISIONS.
WE STILL NEED TO GIVE
COMPASSION.
REPORTER: THE PROPORTION WITH
DRUG DEATHS FROM HEROIN HAS
INCREASED FROM 5% A DECADE AGO
TO 30% IN 2014.
RECOVERING ADDICTS NEED
COMPASSION TO GET CLEAN AND TIME
TO HEAL FROM THE CHOICES.
KATHY: BRIAN MARTINEZ SAYS HE
HOPES IT WILL INSPIRE OTHER
STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION.
WE'RE KEEPING THESE TWO DOCTORS
VERY BUSY TONIGHT.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ON
FACEBOOK LIVE, PRETTY
FASCINATING.
WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE
TONIGHT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOU TO ASK THESE DOCTORS
QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE DR. WESTLAKE AND DR.
MCNATT WHO IS IN PAIN
MANAGEMENT.
THEY SEE THIS OPIOID PROBLEM
FIRSTHAND.
ONE THAT CAME UP SEVERAL TIMES
THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU IS WHY
ARE YOU BRINGING THIS UP NOW.
I KNOW DR. WESLEY SPOKE
SPECIFICALLY TO THAT.
>> THE PROBLEM WITH IT NOW IS
PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM IT SO
QUICKLY.
IT IS ALSO A CRISIS THAT HAS
BEEN FUELED BY PRESCRIPTIONS
FROM POSITIONS.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN
CONTROL.
>> I WOULD SAY THE PROBLEM HAS
BEEN AROUND FOR A WILD.
IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND
WORSE.
IT HELPS TO RECOGNIZE THIS WILL
NOT GO AWAY.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS.
WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO CATCH
UP TO THE PROBLEM AND IT IS A
CHALLENGE.
IT IS GOING SO FAST, AND IT IS
NOT JUST WHAT WE DO.
WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO
UNDERSTAND THEY CAN MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN THIS.
SHOWS LIKE THIS HELP PEOPLE
EMPOWER THEMSELVES AND HOW TO
HELP THEIR FRIENDS AND LOVED
ONES AS THEY START TO SHOW THE
FIRST SIGNS OF THIS PROBLEM.
>> I AM SITTING ASKING THE
DOCTORS ARE QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS FENTANYL.
I KNOW YOU GAVE ME SOME STATS
ABOUT JUST HOW POWERFUL IT
REALLY IS.
>> FENTANYL IS 100 TIMES MORE
POWERFUL THAN HEROINE.
CAR FENTANYL IS 10 TIMES MORE
POWERFUL THAN HEROINE.
YOU COULD LITERALLY OVERDOSE
FROM BREATHING FOR OUR FIVE
GRAINS.
IT IS SUCH A HUGE -- THEY USE IT
TO TRANQUILIZE KILLER RAILS.
IF IT IS CUT WRONG THAN PEOPLE
DIE.
>> YOU MENTIONED EVEN POLICE DOG
SNIFFING.
>> AS AN INVESTIGATOR WAS TO
TELL IT IS SOMETHING TO TOUCH,
IT COULD KILL THEM.
>> HOW DO YOU HIDE IT?
WE JUST SAW A STORY WITH A
FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS HIDING IT
AT THE BEGINNING.
OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE MAY THINK IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE TO HIDE IT.
HOW DO YOU HIDE IT?
>> IT IS SUCH A GRADUAL
PROGRESSION.
IT IS NOT LIKE ONE DAY YOU'RE
NOT DOING ANYTHING AND THE NEXT
DAY YOU ARE A FULL-BLOWN HEROIN
ADDICTION.
IT IS SUCH A GRADUAL SLIDE THAT
PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE IT.
THEY START WITH PILLS.
THE FAMILIES GET USED TO SEEING
THAT PERSON.
IT IS NOT LIKE A SNAPSHOT ONCE
IN THAT FOUR MONTH LATER.
IT IS GRADUAL.
PEOPLE ARE VERY WELL ABLE TO
HIDE IT.
>> I THINK ALSO WHEN YOU HAVE A
LOVED ONE THAT IS HAVING THIS
HAPPEN, YOU DON'T WANT SOMETHING
BAD GOING ON WITH THEM.
I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE THAT MY
SON IS BECOMING A HEROIN
ADDICTS.
YOU TEND TO LOOK ON THE GOOD
SIDE AND SOMETIMES IT IS EASY TO
OVERLOOK THE EARLY SIGNS BECAUSE
IT IS A HORRIBLE THING TO HAVE
TO FACE.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING
THESE QUESTIONS AND WILL
CONTINUE DOING THIS THROUGHOUT
THE SHOW AS WELL AS ON FACEBOOK
LIVE.
KATH THE DOCTORS ARE GOING TO
BE HERE THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAM.
GO THERE NOW AND ASK THEM
ANYTHING ABOUT OPIOIDS.
TREATMENT, WARNING SIGNS,
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE.
JUST GO TO WISN 12 NEWS ON
FACEBOOK.
STILL AHEAD TONIGHT, WHEN A COP
FINDS HIS OWN FAMILY IS NOT
IMMUNE TO HEROIN ADDICTION
WE TAKE YOU TO THE FRONT LINES.
THE OPIOID ANTIDOTE.
HOW IT'S A GAMECHANGER FOR LOCAL
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.
PLUS, LOCAL SCIENTISTS AND
GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LAB, AND
HOW THEIR WORK COULD CHANGE THE
WAY YOU VIEW ADDICTION.
KATHY: WELCOME BACK.
JUST A REMINDER WE ARE ON
FACEBOOK LIVE RIGHT NOW WITH
EXPERTS TALKING ABOUT OPIOID
ADDICTION AND RECOVERY.
YOU CAN GO TO OUR WISN 12 NEWS
FACEBOOK PAGE WHILE YOU'RE
WATCHING U
WE SEE THE AFTERMATH OF
ADDICTION ON THE NEWS VIRTUALLY
EVERYDAY.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO FOCUS ON OUR BRAVE
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, LIKE THE
ONES YOU SEE HERE SAVING A MAN
DURING AN OVERDOSE.
ANDY CHOI SHARES HOW THE OPIOID
ANTIDOTE NARCAN IS A GAMECHANGER
ON THE STREE
REPORTER: FIRST RESPONDERS SAY
THE SCENE YOU'RE WITNESSING HERE
IS ALL TOO COMMO
>> YOU ARE DOING FINE RIGHT NOW
ARE IN.
REPORTER: OVERDOSE PATIENTS ON
THE BRINK OF DEATH BROUGHT BACK
TO LIFE WITH NALOXONE OR NARCAN,
A DRUG THAT INSTANTLY REVERSES
THE EFFECTS OF OPIOIDS.
OUR 12 NEWS CAMERA WAS THERE AS
FIREFIGHTERS SAVED THIS OVERDOSE
PATIENT'S LIFE AFTER HE CRASHED
INTO A HOUSE.
THERE WERE MERE SECONDS TO
SPARE.
>> IT IS A GREAT MEDICATION.
IT IS IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK IT
HAS GIVEN PEOPLE LIKE THIS A
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.
REPORTER: NORTHSHORE FIRE
LIEUTENANT DAN TYK SAYS NARCAN
HAS CHANGED THE WAY USERS THINK
ABOUT OVER DOSING.
>> THEY DON'T REALIZE HOW CLOSE
THEY WERE.
WE HAVE GONE CALLS FOR THE SAME
PERSON THREE TIMES IN A DAY.
>> IF IT IS THEIR SECOND OR
THIRD CHANCE, MAYBE THIS WILL BE
THE CHANCE THAT THEY STRAIGHTEN
OUT THEIR LIVES.
REPORTER: HOW OFTEN ARE THEY
TAKING THAT ADVICE?
>> NOT AS OFTEN AS WE'D LIKE.
REPORTER: THESE ARE THE PERSONAL
CONFLICTS THAT COME WITH THE
JOB, AS PARAMEDICS LIKE SCOTT
MICKELSEN STRUGGLE WITH THE IDEA
THAT THIS LIFE-SAVING DRUG MAY
FURTHER ENCOURAGE USERS TO KEEP
LIVING ON THE EDGE.
>> JESSICA, TURN THE CAR OFF.
REPORTER: IN GREENFIELD,
OFFICERS TRIED TO STOP A WOMAN
FROM STARTING HIGH SPEED CHASE.
IT ENDED WITH THE OFFICERS
BRINGING THE OVERDOSING DRIVER
BACK TO LIFE.
>> HIT HER WITH THE NARCAN.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN OPIOID
CRISIS AROUND THE COUNTRY, NOT
JUST OUR COMMUNITY.
>> WE HAVE EMBRACE PREVENTION
AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.
REPORTER NARCAN IS BECOMING
MORE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR
ORDINARY PEOPLE.
>> YOU WILL TAKE THE SYRINGE
COME UP THE NOZZLE LAUNCH IT.
I WANT YOU TO ADMINISTER THE
DOSE WE TALKED ABOUT.
REPORTER: AND ONCE YOU PUT THE
DOSE IN, YOU'RE WAITING JUST A
FEW MINUTES TO SEE IF THE
PATIENT IS SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF
LIFE.
>> WE ARE HEARING REPORTS OF
PEOPLE THAT WHEN THEY ARE DOING
THE SEIZING OF THESE MEDICATIONS
, THEY HAVE TO CARRY NARCAN ON
THEMSELVES TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES.
REPORTER: SAFE TO SAY THIS HAS
SAVED YOUR DAUGHTER'S LIFE
MULTIPLE TIMES?
>> YES, YES.
REPORTER: JOANIE LUEDKE'S
DAUGHTER HAS OVERDOSED A DOZEN
TIMES, AND AS HER FAMILY'S
STRUGGLE CONTINUES, JOANIE'S
WORKING TO OFFER NARCAN TRAINING
HERE AT THE WEST ALLIS SURVIVE
ALIVE HOUSE.
>> WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HAVE
THIS WITH THEM.
MY HOPE IS THAT BILLS WILL PASS
WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS CAN ADMINISTER IT.
>> YOU'RE OK.
IT IS ALL THAT WILL KEEP THEM
BREATHING.
IT NEEDS TO BE COUPLED WITH THE
TREATMENT FOR THE DISEASE.
NARCAN IS A SHORT-TERM IMMEDIATE
SOLUTION TO CORRECT AN IMMEDIATE
PROBLEM.
WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND
LOOK AT THE MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM.
>> IT IS ABOUT SAVING LIVES.
REPORTER: AND AS FIRST
RESPONDERS REGARD NARCAN AS THE
MIRACULOUS SHORT TERM REMEDY,
I DON'T CARE WHAT GOT THE
PERSON IN THAT SITUATION.
MY JOB IS TO HELP THAT PERSON IN
THEIR TIME OF NEED.
REPORTER: THEY HOPE THE REAL
MIRACLE OF RECOVERY REMAINS
WITHIN REACH FOR EVERY PATIENT
THEY SERVE.
ANDY CHOI, WISN, 12 NEWS.
KATHY: ADDICTION AWARENESS.
MAJOR INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGNS
DATE BACK TO THE REMEMBER THIS?
80'S.
>> OK, LAST TIME.
THIS IS DRUGS VERY THIS IS YOUR
BRAIN ON DRUGS.
ANY QUESTIONS?
KATHY: THIRTY YEARS LATER, WE
ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW
THE BRAIN ON DRUGS FUNCTIONS.
THERE IS SOME KEY RESEARCH
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AT MARQUETTE
UNIVERSITY.6 C13
KATH RESEARCH GOING ON AT
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY JUST MIGHT
CHANGE HOW YOU VIEW THE STATE OF
ADDICTION IN WHAT YOU ARE SEEING
DURING THIS DRAMATIC ENCOUNTER.
>> DON'T MAKE A POOR DECISION,
OK?
KATHY: THE DRIVER BOLTS, DESPITE
THE CONSEQUENCES.
THE GOAL IN THIS MU LAB IS TO
ZERO IN ON HOW OPIOIDS ALTER OUR
BRAIN AND GUIDE OUR BEHAVIOR.
>> WHAT PARTS OF THE BRAIN,
PREFRONTAL CORTEX, IS ALTERED.
HOW IS THAT ALTERED AND BEATING
PEOPLE TO MAKE POOR DECISIONS?
DECIDING TO USE DRUGS EVEN
THOUGH THE WILL BE ADVERSE
CONSEQUENCES LIKE JAIL, THINGS
LIKE THAT, AND HOW CHANGES LEAD
TO THOSE.
KATHY: THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON
DRUGS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
KATHY: PINPOINTING THOSE CHANGES
IS DONE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
WITH BRAINS THAT MIMIC OUR OWN
MAKEUP.
THEY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT
MEMBERS OF THE LAB.
KATH LAB MICE ARE KEY.
THIS ONE IS THE CONTROL TO BE
COMPARED WITH OTHERS EXPOSED AND
ACTUALLY SELF ADMINISTER THE
OPIOID.
>> IT SHOWS THEY ARE MOTIVATED
TO SEEK OUT THE DRUG BECAUSE IT
IS REWARDING.
KATHY: THE AIM IS TO REVERSE THE
DAMAGE DONE TO THE
DECISION-MAKING OF THOSE IN THE
THROES OF ADDICTION.
>> WE JUST HIT HER WITH NARCAN.
>> ONCE YOU ARE AN ADDICT, YOU
ARE AN ADDICT FOR LIFE, BUT OUR
GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE TO
REGULATE THE BEHAVIOR MORE
APPROPRIATELY.
KATHY: REBUILDING THE BRAIN'S
ABILITY TO DECIDE, TO RELAPSE
LESS, TO USE LESS, PERHAPS BUILD
A BETTER NARCAN OR ANOTHER
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THERAPY.
THE COOLEST THING YOU COULD
FIGURE OUT HERE MIGHT BE WHAT?
>> IF WE COULD USE PHOTO
STIMULATION, LIKE TO ACTIVATE
CHANNELS IN YOUR BRAIN TO
REVERSE CHANGES AND PREVENT
RELAPSING.
KATH A SCIENTIFIC WAY OF
PORTING THE STATE OF ADDICTION
BY SEEING THE LIGHT.
NO ROOM FOR STIGMA HERE.
THE ATTIC IS A PERSON WHO HAS A
DISORDER OF THE BRAIN.
WHILE THEY MADE THE DECISION TO
USE DRUGS, THERE ARE MANY
FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO WHETHER
SOMEONE BECOMES ADDICTED.
DOCTORS ARE TAKING YOUR
QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW ON FACEBOOK
LIVE.
HOW IS THE RESPONSE?
ADRIENNE: WE ARE GETTING A LOT
OF QUESTIONS NOW.
NOW THE QUESTIONS CONTINUALLY
POUR IN.
WE ARE GETTING SOME GOOD ONES,
INCLUDING ONE THAT SAYS, WHY
CAN'T YOU JUST QUIT?
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A FEW
MINUTES AGO.
CHRISTINE WAS SPECIFICALLY
ASKING ABOUT NARCAN, SAYING
ISN'T GIVING PEOPLE NARCAN
SAYING, DON'T WORRY.
HERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE TO
OVERDOSE?
WE ARE ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS
ON FACEBOOK LIVE THROUGHOUT THE
BROADCAST.
SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO BRING
UP THAT IS HAPPENING ON HER
FACEBOOK PAGE RIGHT NOW IS
FORMER ADDICTS AND CURRENT
ADDICTS ARE TALKING TO EACH
OTHER ABOUT HOW THEY RECOVER, SO
IT'S BECOMING A POWERFUL
RESOURCE ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
KATH AN IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION.
WE WOULD CHECK IN WITH YOU IN A
FEW MOMENTS.
YOU CAN GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
WISN 12 NEWS WILL ANSWER
QUESTONS WITH DOCTORS ON
FACEBOOK LIVE.
NOW, TO THE POLICE, THE OPIOID
EPIDEMIC MEANS LOOKING AT
ADDICTION AND A NEW WAY.
PATRICK ALLE
INTRODUCES US TO A
COP WHO IS AT THE CROSSROADS OF
HIS PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL
LIFE.
>> ON STAGE WITH KIDS AND
PARENTS LOOKING ON, CHRIS COLE
IS CANDID.
THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE HE
SHARES COME FROM YEARS IN
FEDERAL AND LOCAL DRUG
ENFORCEMENT.
>> I HAVE BEEN A COP FOR 20
YEARS.
>> HE IS NO LONGER IN THE
CONTEXT, BUT STILL DISCUSSING
DRUGS.
THIS NIGHT, THE WAUKESHA COUNTY
SHERIFF DETECTIVE IS IN
MILWAUKEE COUNTY FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL.
>> NO ONE GROWS UP SAYING I WANT
TO BE A JUNKIE AND I'M GOING TO
STICK A NEEDLE IN MY ARM.
THEY TRY ALCOHOL, THEN WE BECOME
A COCAINE, MAYBE ECSTASY, THEN
WORK THEIR WAY TO THE BIG ONE.
HE TALKS ABOUT THAT
PROGRESSION DURING AN EVENT
CALLED STAIRWAY TO HEROIN.
>> YOU CAN'T FIND A SPOON IN
YOUR HOUSE, YOU MAY HAVE A
PROBLEM.
>> THE CONVERSATION IS REAL, BUT
THIS IS ONLY THE START.
>> YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND LEARN
MORE ABOUT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
THAN YOUR KIDS DO.
JUST GOOGLE IT.
IT IS ALL THERE.
TALK TO THEM.
TALK TO THEM.
TALK TO THEM.
>> HE WILL GIVE A DOZEN TALKS
LIKE THIS TO EDUCATE COMES
SOMETHING HE HAS HAD TO DO IN
HIS OWN FAMILY.
>> MY BROTHER IS A RECOVERING
HEROIN ADDICT.
HE IS RECOVERING BECAUSE HE IS
SITTING IN THE COUNTY JAIL AND
WAUKESHA.
THAT IS HARD.
COPS FIX THINGS, SOLVE PROBLEMS.
>> HE OPENED UP EVEN MORE.
>> I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH
THE LIES AND THE DECEIT AND THE
MANIPULATION.
TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT TO MY
ELDERLY PARENTS, WHY THIS IS THE
WAY THIS HAPPENED AND WHY IT IS
LIKE THIS.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
MY OTHER BROTHER DOES NOT
UNDERSTAND.
YOU CAN'T JUST STOP.
THE DRUG HAS TAKEN OVER.
HE NEEDS HELP ALL THE TIME.
>> IN HIS TALKS, HE TRIES TO
REACH OTHERS BEFORE IT STARTS.
>> IN HIGH SCHOOL, SOME KIDS
DRINK ALCOHOL, A HANDFUL SMOKED
WEED.
NO ONE WAS SHOOTING HEROIN.
IT DID NOT HAPPEN.
SO YOU HAVE TO GO THERE AND
EDUCATE YOURSELF.
>> HE WANTS PARENTS TO EDUCATE
THEMSELVES, GET INVOLVED, STAY
INVOLVED, AND EDUCATE THEIR
CHILDREN.
>> THEY SPEND MORE TIME WITH
THEIR PARENTS THAN THEY DO THEIR
TEACHERS.
YOU HATE TO SAY YOU TURN OUT
LIKE YOUR MOM AND THAT, BUT YOU
TURN OUT LIKE YOUR MOM AND DAD,
SO YOU HAVE TO LEARN THE MESSAGE
FROM THEM.
>> WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN
FINDING FROM PARENTS?
>> THEY ARE -- THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM REACHES
OUT TO THE SUBURBS.
IT DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF
YOU LIVE IN MILWAUKEE, HARLEM,
THE DRUGS ARE OUT THERE.
THE INFLUENCES ARE OUT THERE
APPEARED THE SAME INTERNET IS
OUT THERE.
>> HE IS A FATHER HIMSELF TRYING
TO ENCOURAGE OTHER PARENTS TO
STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
>> HAVING A RELATIVE AND SOMEONE
CLOSE TO YOU INVOLVED, DOES THAT
CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THIS
PROFESSIONALLY?
IT MAKES ME FEEL FOR THE
VICTIMS OF THE TWO MORE.
TEN-YEAR'S AGO, MY ATTITUDE WAS
LOCK THEM UP.
MY CHIEF TAUGHT ME THAT THIS IS
REAL STUFF, AND IT IS NOT JUST
LOCKING THEM UP.
THESE ARE PEOPLE, SO I HAVE MUCH
MORE EMPATHETIC, SYMPATHETIC TO
PARENTS, TO SIBLINGS, FAMILY
MEMBERS OF ATTICS.
I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING
THROUGH PERSONALLY.
WE TRY TO GIVE THEM SOME IF ICE,
HOW TO HELP.
I THINK IT MAKES MY PUBLIC
SPEAKING MUCH MORE REAL, BECAUSE
I'M NOT JUST SOMEONE TALKING.
I AM IN THE GAME LIKE EVERYONE
ELSE.
YOU CAN SEE WHY THIS IS
PERSONAL FOR HAM.
HE TELLS ME HIS BROTHER WILL BE
RELEASED FROM THE WAUKESHA
COUNTY JAIL NEXT MONTH AND GO
STRAIGHT INTO TREATMENT.
KATHY: HOPEFULLY THE TREATMENT
WORKS.
YOU DID REACH OUT?
PATRICK: I DID.
I SENT HIM A LETTER, BUT HAVE
NOT HEARD BACK.
HIS BROTHER IS NOT READY TO TALK
ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
IT MUST BE A DIFFICULT
SITUATION, BEING IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND TRYING TO
SUPPORT A FAMILY MEMBER.
KATHY: BUT HE IS OUT THERE
TRYING TO HELP.
PATRICK: ABSOLUTELY.
KATHY: WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH
OUR FACEBOOK LIVE CONVERSATION.
OUR ADRIENNE PEDERSEN HAS BEEN
TAKING QUESTIONS WITH OUR
DOCTORS.
ARE ANY QUESTIONS STANDING AT
RIGHT NOW?
ADRIENNE CRISTY WROTE, DOESN'T
GIVING SOMEONE NARCA SAY, DON'T
WORRY.
HERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE TO
OVERDOSE?
YOU MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT.
>> FOR ME, IT IS ABOUT KEEPING
SOMEONE ALIVE UNTIL THEY GET
TREATMENT.
THE PEOPLE THAT USE NARCAN ARE
NOT USING HEROIN BECAUSE THERE
IS NARCA AROUND.
THEY WILL BE USING OPIATES
REGARDLESS.
IF YOU CAN GIVE THEM TREATMENT
AND THE NARCAN KEEPS HIM ALIVE
UNTIL THEY GO INTO RECOVERY,
THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE STUDIES THAT
LOOK AT THIS THING, YOU HAVEN'T
SEEN A CORRESPONDING SPIKE IN
HEROIN USAGE, SO IT DOES NOT
ENCOURAGE IT.
THAT'S INITIALLY WHAT I THOUGHT
MY POSSIBLY HAPPEN.
IT DOESN'T.
ADRIENNE: WHAT ABOUT A 12 STEP
PROGRAM?
PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT THAT
TOO.
>> TWELVE-STEP PROGRAMS ARE
GREAT.
BILL WILSON THE FOUNDER IS A
LATTER-DAY SAINT.
THE PROBLEM IS 12-STEP PROGRAMS
BY THEMSELVES ARE ONLY A THIRD
AS EFFECTIVE AS TREATMENT THAT
USE MEDICATIONS TO ASSIST.
DOING THE TWELVE-STEP PROGRAM
DURING THE MEDICATION IS GREAT.
IT HELPS THE PERSON BUILD A
SUPPORT NETWORK AND GET SOME
TOOLS FOR DEALING WITH BEING
SOBER AND HAVING ALL THOSE
FEELINGS THERE.
ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS TO GET
THEM OFF THOSE MEDICINES SO THAT
THE TWELVE-STEP PROGRAM CAN
CONTINUE THEM IN THEIR LIFE ON
THEIR OWN, BUT YOU TRIPLE THE
CHANCE OF PERSON OF STAYING IN
RECOVERY BY USING MEDICINES AS
WELL.
ADRIENNE: THANK YOU WE ARE
STAYING RIGHT HERE ON FACEBOOK
LIVE.
FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU, KATHY.
KATHY: THE EXPERTS WILL BE ON
FACEBOOK LIVE THROUGHOUT THE
HOUR.
GO THERE AND ASK THEM ANYTHING.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO WISN
12 NEWS ON FACEBOOK.
STILL AHEAD, DEADLY DECISIONS,
HOW GETTING TOO HIGH SCHOOLERS
CAN BE ROUGH.
♪
>> I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO USE
IT, BUT I'M GLAD I HAVE IT.
KATHY: A SHOREWOOD MOTHER'S PLAN
TO KEEP HER SON ALIVE.
PLUS --
>> THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN
HERE.
KATHY: A REMARKABLE STORY OF
OUTREACH IN THE LEAST LIKELY OF
PLACES.
>> HOW TO POSITION THE
PERSON AND HOW TO ADMINISTER THE
SPRAY.
>> INSERT THE TIP OF THE NOZZLE
INTO ONE NOSTRIL.
>> IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT OR YOU
ARE NOT SURE, DO IT ANYWAY
BECAUSE YOU CANNOT DO ANY HARM.
JOYCE: DOING NO HARM IS WHAT
MOTIVATES THE PASTOR OF REDEEMER
LUTHERAN.
>> GIVEN HOW HIGH THE STATISTICS
ARE OF THESE OVERDOSES HAPPENING
, I THOUGHT, THERE IS A GOOD
CHANCE OF THING LIKE THAT COULD
HAPPEN HERE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO
BE READY FOR IT.
JOYCE: SHE WENT TO THE TRAINING
AND KNOWS HER PEERS OUTSIDE OF
MILWAUKEE HAVE TOO.
>> I HAVE COLLEAGUES IN RURAL
ENVIRONMENT TO HAVE BEEN TRAINED
IN NARCA USE, SO IT IS A
PROBLEM EVERYWHERE THAT CROSSES
ALL BOUNDARIES.
IT IS A HEALTH CRISIS.
JOYCE: BACK AT ALL SAINTS --
YEAH, THE CAMERA LOVES YOU, A
BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
JOYC ROOSEVELT MEANS SEES IT
AS A WAY TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE COME TO MEAN SO MUCH TO
HIM.
>> THEY ARE MAKING ME FEEL LIKE
I BELONG.
JOYCE: HE KNOWS THAT BEING ABLE
TO HELP AS AN EXTENSION OF WHAT
THE CHURCH IS CALLED TO DO.
SAVING SOULS AND SAVING LIVES.
SAVING SOULS AND SAVING
LIVES, YES.
KATH SAVING SOULS AND SAVING
LIVES.
HOW DID THE CHURCHES LEARN ABOUT
THE PROGRAM?
JOYCE: THE MILWAUKEE ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE OFFERED AT LAST MONTH TO
CHURCH AND SCHOOL LEADERS.
NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS
TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE OF
NARCAN, WHICH RETAILS FOR $135
FOR A TWO DOSE PACK.
CHURCHES AND CHARITIES GET IT
FOR LESS.
KATHY: THANK YOU.
THE HOUR IS WINDING DOWN.
WE ARE ON FACEBOOK LIVE WITH
EXPERTS TAKING QUESTIONS AND
TALKING ABOUT OPIOID ADDICTION
AND RECOVERY.
ANY QUESTION CAN BE ANSWERED.
HAS BEEN ANYTHING YOU WOULD
LIKE.
WE ARE MODERATING THE
DISCUSSION.
JUST GO TO OUR WISN 12 NEWS
FACEBOOK PAGE.
IN THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY,
HEROIN OVERDOSES ARE STAGGERING.
ONE GROUP DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO
TAKE ACTION.
BEN WAGNER SHOWS US A NEW GUIDE
TO GET FAMILIES THE HELP THEY
NEED.
>> AS A MOTHER OF TWO, BECKY IS
DOING SOMETHING FOR HER S THAT
SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD HAVE
TO DO.
I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO USE
IT.
HOWEVER, I'M GLAD I HAVE IT.
>> IT IS NALOXONE.
SHE HAS IT AT HER SHERWOOD HOME,
KNOWING HE COULD SAVE HER SON
TAYLOR'S LIFE.
>> IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED ME
HOW I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO
TURN OUT, THIS IS NOT THE PATH I
THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN.
>> HE STARTED SMOKING POT BY 15.
I 17, TAYLOR SWITCHED TO
PERCEPTION PAIN PILLS.
>> HE ACTUALLY TO OBTAIN DRUGS
HAD TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO GET
MONEY, AND PART OF THAT WAS
TAKING SOME STUFF FROM US.
WE HAD TO HAVE HIM ARRESTED, AND
THAT WAS IT FOR HIM.
HE SAID, OK.
I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
>> HE IS IN RECOVERY AND HIS MOM
DOES NOT WANT TO UNDO HIS PATH
TOWARDS PROGRESS.
SHE ALSO THOUGHT IT CANNOT
HAPPEN IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> IT IS REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW.
>> JAN KNOWS IT DOES.
>> A NUMBER OF DEATHS WERE
FORMER STUDENTS OF MINE.
>> SHE IS A TEACHER AT SHOREWOOD
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
>> LOSING ONE IS TOO MANY, BUT
LOSING SEVERAL IS HEART
WRENCHING.
>> IN THE SEVEN NORTH SHORE
COMMUNITIES, THE NUMBERS ARE
ALARMING.
IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, OVERDOSES
INVOLVING PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS
IS UP 52%.
THE NUMBER OF OVERDOSES
INVOLVING HEROIN, UP 300%.
WE HAVE TO GET OUR HEADS OUT
OF THE SAND IN THE OPEN AND
HONEST THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM
AND THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT.
>> THAT PASSION FUELED THIS.
>> THIS IS OUR PRESCRIPTION PAIN
MEDICINE AND HEROIN INFORMATION
RESOURCE GUIDE.
IT IS A DRUG RESOURCE GUIDE
GEARED TO THE NORTH SHORE, A
COMMUNITY WHERE FATAL DRUG
OVERDOSES ARE UP 30% OVER THE
LAST DECADE.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE
EXIST BEFORE -- THAT DID NOT
EXIST BEFORE?
>> NOTHING FOR MILWAUKEE COUNTY
OR THE NORTH SHORE AREA, THE
NORTHERN PART OF MILWAUKEE
COUNTY.
>> AND CHRISTIANSEN SAYS IT IS
TIME FOR ACTION.
THE RESOURCE GUIDE LISTS
SYMPTOMS, WHAT TO DO DURING AN
OVERDOSE, AND SHOWS HOW BAD THE
HEROIN AND OPIOID PROBLEM
AFFECTS THE COMMUNITY.
YOU THINK WE ARE PAYING ENOUGH
ATTENTION TO THIS PROBLEM?
CERTAINLY NOT IN THE SENSE
THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE OVERDOSE
DUST RELATED TO PAIN MEDICINE
AND HEROIN, SO BY THE FACT WE
CONTINUED TO HAVE FATAL
OVERDOSES MEANS WE ARE NOT DOING
ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
>> THE GUIDE LIST PHONE NUMBERS
TO CALL FOR HELP AND
DEDICATES A FULL-PAGE TO
NALOXONE.
>> I LOOK AT THESE AND SAY, WE
DID THAT WHEN.
WE DID THAT ONE.
WE DID THAT ONE.
THIS IS AWESOME, BECAUSE I DID
NOT HAVE THIS.
>> HER SON TAYLOR HAS NOW BEEN
CLEAN FOR A YEAR.
>> IT WAS A VERY LONG ROAD AND
WILL BE A LONG ROAD FOREVER.
IT WILL BE LIKE THIS UNTIL THE
DAY HE DIES.
>> THE FIGHT IS REAL.
WE INTERVIEWED BECKY AT A FEW
WEEKS AGO SHE TOLD ME JUST TODAY
HER SON TAYLOR SADLY HAD
RECENTLY RELAPSED.
HE IS OFF OF DRUGS AND GETTING
HELP AND SUPPORT IN ARIZONA.
SHE STILL HOPES THE GUIDE WILL
SPEAK TO OTHER PARENTS BEFORE IT
IS TOO LATE.
WE HAVE A LINK TO THE GUIDE ON
HER WEBSITE.
IT IS EASY TO FIND ON THE WISN
12 NEWS HAVE.
KATHY?
KATHY: SUCH A TOUGH ROAD.
TONIGHT, WE GO BACK TO HIGH
SCHOOL ON A DAY A DIRE LESSON IS
CENTER STAGE.
IT IS A TOUGH AUDIENCE WITH A
TOUGHER SUBJECT, BUT ONE THAT
COULD SAVE LIVES.
THEIR DAY, THEIR FINAL HOUR, IS
OVER.
THE QUESTION IS WILL THE
CRITICAL LESSONS SHARED AT THE
END OF THE SCHOOL DAY SINK IN
FOR THESE FRESHMEN'S AND
SOPHOMORES.
IT IS A LESSON THAT HAD A SQUAD
CAR SITTING IN FRONT OF THEIR
HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE FOR GOOD
REASON.
>> WHAT CAN THIS GUY TELL ME
ABOUT DRUGS THAT I DON'T KNOW?
>> IT IS ENTITLED, DEADLY
DECISIONS, 223 PAIRS OF SHOES
FILL RISERS, REPRESENTING THE
OVERDOSES AND DEATHS OF YOUNG
PEOPLE AND WAUKESHA COUNTY OVER
LAST FEW YEARS.
A 20 YEAR VETERAN WITH THE FORCE
WITH 11 YEARS AND UNCOVER
NARCOTICS HAD A VERY PERSONAL
MESSAGE FOR HIS YOUNG AUDIENCE.
>> MY BROTHER IS A RECOVERING
HEROIN ADDICT.
WHEN I SAY RECOVERING, HE IS
SITTING IN THE JAIL RIGHT NOW,
MY JAIL.
I THINK I HE IS THERE BECAUSE HE
IS NOT DEAD.
PRETTY HEAVY TO THINK ABOUT,
HUH?
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SHOES.
WHEN I COME TO YOUR HOUSE, YOU
ARE WEARING YOUR SHOES, BUT YOUR
DAD.
KATHY: THAT IS REINFORCED BY AN
EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR.
>> THIS IS A BODY BAG COULD WHEN
YOU COME IN AND ARE DAD, THIS IS
WHAT WE SIFT YOU IN AND TAKE YOU
TO THE MORGUE.
KATHY: DR. WESTLAKE STRESSES A
FATAL FORMULA, P O P EQUALS,
PRESCRIPTION OPIOID PILLS EQUAL
HEROIN.
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.
>> PAIN WILL NOT KILL YOU, BUT
PAINKILLERS WILL.
KATHY: HE HAS WITNESSED THE
FINAL HOUR OF SO MANY PEOPLE
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
>> ONE HALF OF ONE PILL ONE
TIME, DEAD.
ADD HER SHOES TO THE RISERS.
KATHY: WHEN A MOM TAKES TO THE
PODIUM, SHE CARRIES HER DAUGHTER
SHOES.
>> MY 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
ALEXA'S MADE THE DECISION TO TRY
HEROIN AND OVERDOSE.
KATHY: HER DAUGHTER HAD A HABIT.
HER FINAL HOUR WAS AT THE
HOSPITAL.
>> MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL
HOPED TO THESE MACHINES, TUBES
IN AND OUT OF HER LIFELESS BODY
MY NEW I WOULD NEVER LOOK INTO
HER EYES AGAIN AND NEVER HEAR
HER SAY, I LOVE YOU, MOM.
KATH A HEARTBREAKING STORY,
BUT HE COULD SAVE LIVES AND
OTHER PARENTS FROM HER PAIN.
>> THAT IT'S A PICTURE OF THE
LAST HUG I GAVE MY DAUGHTER.
KATH THE FINAL SPEAKER IS
DETERMINED TO DRIVE THE POINT
HOME.
>> FOUR OUT OF 10 TEENAGERS TO
EXPERIMENT WITH DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL WILL FALL DOWN THIS
PATTERN DEATH, DESTRUCTION, AND
CHAOS.
I SENT EXPERIMENT.
I DID NOT SAY USE EVERY DAY OR
EVERY WEEKEND.
NO, THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS
SAYING.
IT IS SAYING HERE ARE YOUR
CHANCES OF FALLING INTO IT.
KATH FALL INTO IT COME HE
SAYS, BECOME ANOTHER PAIR OF
SHOES SHOWING YOUNG LIVES LOST.
>> YOU HAVE SEEN ME BEFORE,
QUIET DOWN --
KATHY: TYLER'S PASSION IS
PERSONAL NOW.
HE WAS KICKED OUT OF THIS HIGH
SCHOOL DURING HIS 11 YEAR SPIRAL
INTO DRUG ADDICTION.
>> AT MY WORST WHEN I WAS USING,
I WAS ALMOST ONE GRAM A DAY,
STEALING EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY
COULD FROM ANYBODY I COULD AND
NOT CARING ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE
WORLD.
KATHY: DID YOU ALMOST I?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MULTIPLE TIMES.
I ALMOST TOOK MY OWN LIFE
BECAUSE I COULD NOT TAKE THE
PRESSURE.
KATHY: HE HAS TURNED HIS
ADDICTION INTO A CAMPAIGN AND
SET OUT TO MAKE THIS MESSAGE
HEARD, TO ILLUSTRATE THE POINT
FROM BLEACHER TO BLEACHER.
PERHAPS IT IS THE FINAL HOUR.
>> STAND UP.
KATHY: HER REACTION TO THE SCARE
REALITY OF THE TRULY FINAL HOURS
BETRAYED BY THE SHOES -- PORTRAY
BY THE SHOES.
TYLER WAS NOT ABOUT TO ALLOW
THEIR VYING TO DROWN OUT HIS
MESSAGE.
>> QUIET DOWN.
DO NOT GET THE POINT?
ALL OF YOU STANDING UP, WHICH IS
NOT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT
SHOULD BE STANDING UP, ALL OF
YOU STANDING UP OR PART OF THIS.
GUESS WHAT QUESTION WHAT
QUESTION MARK YOU WERE NOT MAKE
IT TO NEXT YEAR.
KATHY: FOREVER GRATEFUL THAT HIS
SHOES ARE NOT ON DISPLAY.
TYLER MAKES HIS FINAL POINT.
>> WAKE UP.
GET THE MEMO.
THIS CARRIES PART ABOUT THIS IS
THAT IT BRINGS YOU IN, SEDUCES
YOU WITH FUN, THEN IT KILLS YOU.
KATH WHAT A MESSAGE.
IT HAS TO BE TOLD AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
THE CONTINUING DIALOGUE IS
IMPORTANT FROM THE SCHOOL
ASSEMBLY TO THE KITCHEN TABLE.
ONE DOES NOT KNOCK OUT THE
OTHER.
YOU HAVE TO DO IT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY THE MESSAGE
SINKS IN.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH
OUR FACEBOOK LIVE HERE AND OUR
DOCTORS TONIGHT.
ADRIENNE: WE ARE GETTING
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TO ONE
THING I WANT TO BRING UP HIS
PEOPLE KEEP ASKING THIS.
YOU SPECIALIZE IN PAIN
MANAGEMENT.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHY DON'T YOU
GO TO THE SOURCE?
WHY DON'T DR. STOP PRESCRIBING
THESE OPIOIDS QUESTION MARK HOW
YOU RESPOND TO THAT?
>> IT HAS TAKEN 20 YEARS TO
ESTABLISH ITSELF AS IT HAS
PEERED DOCTORS HAVE BEEN SAYING
THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER,
THAT NARCOTICS ARE GREAT FOR
PAIN, THE BEST TREATMENT FOR
PAIN AND IF PATIENTS ARE
SUFFERING THEY SHOULD BE GETTING
NARCOTICS.
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO CHANGE THOSE ATTITUDES, AND
DOCTORS ARE COMING AROUND.
THEY REALIZE THERE IS A PROBLEM
AND WANT TO GET THIS ADDRESSED.
IT JUST TAKES TIME FOR THIS TO
CHANGE.
WE ARE SEEING REMARKABLE
MOVEMENT IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO
, LOTS AND LOTS OF DOCTORS ARE
CHANGING THEIR MINDS ABOUT THIS
IN CHANGING THEIR ATTITUDES.
ADRIENNE: AND LAWS ARE CHANGING.
>> THE LAWS ARE CHANGING.
WE HAVE GUIDELINES THAT THE
MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD HAS PUT
TOGETHER.
I HELPED TO OFFER THOSE AND
PLAYED A ROLE IN GETTING THOSE
GOING.
NOW EVERY DOCTOR IN THE STATE
WHO CAN PRESCRIBED OPIOIDS MUST
TAKE A TWO HOUR COURSE ON THOSE
GUIDELINES, SO WE ARE VERY
ENCOURAGED THAT WITHIN THE NEXT
YEAR OR TWO THAT WE WILL SEE
HUGE CHANGES IN HOW DOCTORS
APPROACH THIS PROBLEM.
ADRIENNE: DR. WESTLAKE, I WANT
TO TALK TO ABOUT THIS.
PEOPLE ARE ASKING MORE ABOUT
THIS.
WE DISCUSSED IN EARLIER HERE.
THERE IS A CONFUSION IN TERMS OF
HOW PEOPLE GET IT.
THIS IS NOT A SITUATION WHERE
YOU GO IN AND GET PRESCRIBED
SOMETHING FOR PAIN.
>> IT IS USED AS A KILLER WHALE
AND ELEPHANT TRANQUILIZER, SO
THERE ARE VERY LIMITED USES.
IT IS NOT BEING PRESCRIBED FOR
PATIENTS.
IT IS BEING MANUFACTURED IN
CLANDESTINE LABS IN CHINA AND
ABROAD AND BROUGHT OVER HERE AND
SOLD AS HEROIN.
ADRIENNE: THERE IS AN ARGUMENT
GOING ON ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE ON
WHETHER THIS IS A DISEASE OR
CHOICE.
PEOPLE KEEP ASKING.
AMBER IS ASKING ABOUT THIS.
PEOPLE ARE ARGUING.
YOU SAY IT STARTS WITH A CHOICE.
>> IT STARTS WITH A CHOICE, BUT
THERE IS A POINT WHERE PEOPLE
ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO IT AS A
DISEASE DEVELOP THE DISEASE.
IT'S JUST LIKE DIABETES.
IF YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF,
YOU HAVE LESS OF A CHANCE OF
DEVELOPING IT.
IF YOU DON'T, YOU CAN DEVELOP
IT.
ADRIENNE: DO YOU AGREE?
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT
INTO THEIR DOCTOR WITH A TWISTED
ANKLE, BROKEN BONE, OR FOR
SURGERY AND WERE VERY SENSITIVE
TO THE MEDICINES WE USED TO TRY
TO TREAT THEIR PAIN, AND IT SET
THIS OFF.
I'M NOT SURE WITH EVERYBODY IT
IS A CHOICE.
ONCE THIS HAPPENS, IT TRAINS THE
BRAIN TO CRAVE THE MEDICINE AND
IT TAKES OVER THE PERSON, SO
PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY SENSITIVE
TO THIS INTO MANY CASES IT IS
NOT A CHOICE AT ALL.
IF YOU LOOK AT HOW YOU DEFINE
DISEASE, IT MEETS ALL THE
CRITERIA FOR DISEASE.
IT REALLY IS A DISEASE.
KATH YOU GUYS ARE SO DEDICATED
THAT YOU WILL STICK AROUND FOR A
LITTLE BIT LONGER.
YOU CAN GO TO OUR FACEBOOK LIVE
DISCUSSION, WISN 12 FACEBOOK
PAGE.
NOW, WE WILL CONTINUE ANSWERING
QUESTIONS ABOUT OPIOIDS AND
ADDICTION TOMORROW.
12 NEWS IS HOSTING A PHONE BANK
WITH A STATE OF ADDICTION
HELPLINE FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 7:00
P.M.
EXPERT DOCTORS WILL BE STANDING
BY AND WE WILL HAVE THAT PHONE
NUMBER TOMORROW.
IF YOU NEED IMMEDIATE HELP FOR
OPIOID ADDICTION OR RESOURCES,
CALL 211.
A TRAINED SPECIALIST CAN TALK TO
YOU 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK.
THIS IS JUST A START.
WE HAVE A WEALTH OF INFORMATION
ON OUR RESOURCE PAGE ON A
WEBSITE, WISN.COM, DESKTOP,
PHONE, CLICK THE STATE OF
ADDICTION CAP TO FIND -- T TO
FIND STORIES WE AIRED ON THE
NEWS.
YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN TO FIND MORE
RESOURCES NEAR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING US
TONIGHT.
IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF A
CONVERSATION, AND BIG THANKS TO
OUR DOCTORS WHO HAVE DONE A
WONDERFUL JOB.
WE WILL KEEP YOU HERE LONGER.
WE REALLY RELY ON YOU.
YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US ANY TIME
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