a $572 million judgment that holds pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson responsible for fueling the opioid crisis. what does this landmark ruling former missouri secretary of mean, let s discuss with cnn state and afghanistan war veteran jason candor has been seen as a rising star in the chief medical correspondent dr. democratic party and was on the sanjay gupta and legal analyst verge of become kansas city s next mayor last year when he jeffrey toobin. made a decision that surprised i thought you had fascinating his supporters. he dropped out of the mayoral interviews with both sides. and what my conclusion of this race to pursue treatment for depression and post traumatic whole first act in this is the stress. madness of the american legal now he s fighting for his fellow system and the craziness of how veterans. jason candor joins me now. we deal with this problem. thank you so much for being with us. it s been a year since you opioids are a national problem. basically drop
cnn heroes do extraordinary work to help others yet those people are rarely in the public eye. last fall u.s. combat veteran jason candor was a rising star in the democratic party. running for mailer of kansas city when he dropped out of that race to seek help for ptsd. earlier this week he spoke to cnn s kate baldwin about his journey and the help he got from a non-profit run by cnn hero chris stout. my first message to people is if you think something might be wrong, something is wrong and you should get help. i went to the va and they gave me a lot of paperwork and i looked at it and said i m not really sure i know how to navigate this process. even you. and i m in a decent spot to be able to figure that out. and i went to an organization and helped me navigate the process. they have a village of tiny houses.
extraordinary work to help others, but those people are rarely in the public eye. well, last fall u.s. army combat veteran jason candor was a rising star in the democratic party. he was running for mayor of kansas city when he dropped out of the race to seek help for ptsd. earlier this week he spoke to cnn s kate bolduan about his journey and the help he got from a non-profit run by cnn hero chris stout. first message to people is if you think something might be wrong, something is wrong and you should get help. i went to the v.a. and they gave me paperwork and i said, i m not sure i know how to navigate this process. even you? yeah. i m in a decent spot to be able to figure that out. so i went to an organization called veterans community project. they serve all vets. anybody who falls through the cracks, they have a village of tiny houses. they eradicated homelessness and
project, a group that provides services to veterans in kansas city. now they re scaling out the mission in a big way. last fall u.s. army combat veteran jason candor was a rising star. running for mayor of kansas st i. he suddenly dropped out of the race when he said he was seeking help for ptsd. my first message to people is if you think something might be wrong, something is wrong and you should get help. i went to the va and they gave me a lot of paperwork and i looked at it and said i m not sure i know how to navigate this process. even you? and i m in a decent spot to be able to figure that thing out. so i went to an organization called veterans community prong. they helped me navigate the process. they serve all vets. anybody who falls through the cracks, they have a village of tiny houses. they ve effectively e rad clatd homelessness in kansas stay. they re trying to do that now
cnnheroes.com. i want to say thank you to jason candor for speaking so frankly about this and that s what s needed. absolutely. what a great conversation. cnn newsroom is going to pick up after this very quick break. (vo) parents have a way of imagining the worst. .especially when your easily distracted teenager has the car. at subaru, we re taking on distracted driving [ping] with sensors that alert you when your eyes are off the road. the all-new subaru forester. the safest forester ever. i switched to geico and saved hundreds.