where do i go when someone is in the building or my kids are a nervous wreck. i assume i m not a parent you want to say that, your kid doing this? education is key but that is in effect, that is the law. alcohol and drug education, they widen that to discuss opioids. we don t need another legislation, even a proposed legislation wasting taxpayer dollars for things that are not going to move the market. can you see any pros to this? the bigger issue is people who are addicted, that is the real issue. we are treating a symptom but what is the root cause? we have an enormous population of people already addicted. the problem is access to treatment facilities and affordability, a friend of mine works in any are and she says when an opioid addict comes and she has a 30 day wait until she can get into treatment, that is
julie: so now more easy than it is to get your hands on opioids, it is to get a fix. is this going to save lives? it s called a hot shot, by the way. it s so important. with him coming out with an advisory, yes, he just said 49 states you can get it over the counter where . where i work, we give it out to every opioid addict who leaves the emergency room after an overdecembeoverdose. after this, it will be readily available. which encourage all pharmacy i would encourage all pharmacy chains to get it. you can get it over the counter. if you know an opioid addict, you should have one of these kits. everyone else out there, learn cprs, learn how to use this. no down side. julie: i want to ask you regarding a possible downside. this is just me looking at both sides of this. does this offer almost a safety net for those who abuse are abusive of opioids? because they know that there s a
julie: so now more easy than it is to get your hands on opioids, it is to get a fix. is this going to save lives? it s called a hot shot, by the way. it s so important. with him coming out with an advisory, yes, he just said 49 states you can get it over the counter where . where i work, we give it out to every opioid addict who leaves the emergency room after an overdecembeoverdose. after this, it will be readily available. which encourage all pharmacy i would encourage all pharmacy chains to get it. you can get it over the counter. if you know an opioid addict, you should have one of these kits. everyone else out there, learn cprs, learn how to use this. no down side. julie: i want to ask you regarding a possible downside. this is just me looking at both sides of this. does this offer almost a safety net for those who abuse are abusive of opioids?
who are who may be around people who could be abusing the drug, there is advertising in new york city for months, last year, encouragie ining people te it in general. it is we re certainly this is happening real time, erica. what is happening now. it is a cultural change now in our country. if you asked me that a couple of years ago, i would have said no, i don t think so. but now, you know, you just have to keep in mind this is the number one cause of unintentional death in america. overdoses. and opioids are the majority of those. so what i would tell you is that there are a lot of people around who are addicted to opioids, who and those people would surprise you. across demographics, ages, gender. really just about anyone could potentially be an opioid addict. i think you have to be aware of that, within your own family, people you love. you could save somebody s life, certainly. learn how to use it. the surgeon general likened it
seen as flammable. i guess it is because it s a lighter. it s cute. jen is a huge fisherman, conservationist. babies love flammable things. that s right. you can take the thing out of it and you ll be all right. now to an update on the cnn story that touched millions on social media. this police officer adopted an opioid addict s baby when he encountered her on the job. after the story aired, several rehab facilities across the country offered to help the baby s mother and her partner. but did they seize the opportunity to get clean? that s the hard part of this story. ed lavandara has an update in beyond the call of duty. reporter: crystal champ flies a sign in an albuquerque, new mexico intersection, scrapping together the money she needs to