A u. S. President trump has declared a National Public Health Emergency ohio is one of the states worst hit talbots hometown East Liverpool is one of ohios trouble spots where to put a face on the crisis the town publicized this photo of a couple in their car high on heroin their grandson in the back seat right now the community and the police have stepped up to fight against this epidemic. Hold on. Burke the. Good work they dont know. Its been raining in East Liverpool since early morning. But like to think that the weather doesnt keep them from not wanting their drugs and i. Think its on really bad it dont matter if its. Sun rain snow. So it will come out for. Jacob talbot grew up in this small town in ohio he knows every street an alleyway tony its on river road heading towards downtown. Headquarters received a tip that a house in this area was being used as a drug house when the dealers used to sell their product. Yeah that one back there we just got some tips on it that. We havent got out of zach. Time location as far as to narrow it down on what ship that might be running hot. But they they call it and so the challenge every day for you know we had to. Turn for a pass in the old blue tire. Were threatening and i think another patrol has pulled over a suspect tell but is called in as a backup. A for sense of. Drama school but another runner on the line. Up and on. Not only. The Police Officers know the driver from previous drug offenses his passenger has served prison time for drug dealing or any. Of the girl you what they are there are in your home often illegal. Tell but suspects the men were on their way to their supplier. But he has no proof. To pick up truck at any rate is clean. These liverpool was once referred to as the pottery capital of the world. But the decline of the industry led to mass unemployment and eventually drug abuse. And obvious meaning. For this used to be housing theyre. Less one fake and. Were not leaving one lives there these are older weaker occupy but very rundown. In order to do or. Take up tell but also considered moving away. If i moved away there be no one here to to take care of our parents saying that mother siblings had left town. For other jobs and sisters married and live where their husbands work that. So i made a commitment to the stay here and ride the storm out of. The patrol unit has apprehended a woman. Shes wanted for theft. Control substance her. Fight against looks like a crack cocaine oh yes. This is your purse my. Sis your wallet. This is your wallet. This rolled up here. Oh its on the sleeve crack are you. Sure. You have anything on you just dont ditch it mccorkle i mean we check it at the beginning of every shift and theres nothing in her so we find something. Well deal with it ok. Well out on call its not unusual for talbot to encounter former schoolmates and acquaintances who have become addicts. To me its a little bit more disheartening when when its someone you knew and grew up with or if it be a Family Member or close friend it kind of hits home a little bit more than it is some of the jews you have no idea about them or know anything about. Me you know back in East Liverpools Police Station jacob talbot and his fellow officers are hoping for reinforcements crack heroin fentanyl entire regions are being inundated with drugs ohio is one of the states thats been hardest hit by the Opioid Epidemic a Nonprofit Organization across from the Police Station aims to help josh lytle started using drugs at age twelve and was an addict for twelve years. Now hes trying to help others get clean pieces fief is key basically what theyll do is they can call me of First Responders can call us and and we can just go in that moment of crisis and begin to share that there is hope and then once they get that message of hope once they believe that then we start to work with them and start to help deal with all these issues in their life back home scar issues but its really just pains and hurts from growing up in this ease with themselves yeah sure. Randy has been clean for about a year and a half now she started taking painkillers as a teenager after suffering a broken leg at some point she found she couldnt do without them. Thats the start of many addictions. Sometimes when you think you hit bottom you really get it and theres Something Else and you fall all the way down and you say ok thats the bottom its time like almost losing my kids completely my family met trust me i couldnt go to my familys house. It was a hard thing to do i just had to stop and youve got us around or youve got to get away from those bad people that are still and that still want you to get high with them you got it you can still be their friends but you keep them at a distance. Call them on. An emergency call comes in. Someones overdosed. His or Kevin Thomson makes his way to the scene we. Were there we sure were she said she claims to be a game. Changer and if they did. They dont want to do they will never completely full the big god you know my granddaughter you want to know why im doing this because my daughter may have done that are back while this was not a good day. I was nowhere around you i was in the woods. When you get on the appearance of her. Hold up. Drone strikes are. Many in this area feel like theyre on the losing side of life there are a few jobs and few prospects. We have officer thats stationed up here we take turns coming up i worked there last night for four hours and we were definitely interact with the kids in the families and try to. You know make a positive impact on these kids and stuff like that so that they like us and were not seen as the enemy were more or somebody that they can look up to and trust but you know we know most of the families that live here. Whats needed is more help for addicts and tougher handling and dealers. The police say theyre doing what they can to prevent incidents like this from happening again this image was seen around the world. Kevin thomson was on hand when the photo was taken here on a major thoroughfare on a school bus was close by at the time working. You put a face to this to the problem that were dealing with on. A daily basis at the time where its really easy to pick up a newspaper in your read Something Like that and work your fingers and go to the next page where now youve got a picture of a face to put to it and and thats kind of what they were looking for was to to get some resources to get some help because its not just a Law Enforcement issue what with you cant do it on. The next morning jacob tell but hes back on duty he tells us that ever since the Police Department and the Community Stepped up their efforts to combat the drug epidemic there have been fewer overdoses and fewer dealers. Now weve kind of. Chase the bigger ones out you know theyre more in hiding than before were. A lot of the bigger ones all migrated down in the wild bill. But wells ville is just a few kilometers from East Liverpool and tell but admits there are still plenty of users in the area. Problem on virginia which vehicle is it. That when you are a. Patriot. For. The offices are on the lookout for a certain vehicle they three talbott spots the car and pulls it over. Theres a warrant out for the owners arrest. This time the issue has nothing to do with drugs its about unpaid alimony. They got a warrant i got to get my hands down my back every day and i knew that this thing thats just a part of protocol may not monitor right. Things right but would like to see his hometown prosper again hed like to see the jobs return and the drug crisis beaten he says theyre doing everything they can to make that happen. At. A mall no from brother but i think it all. Falls apart for that truck or for. The d. W. Media center. See if i. Find it they can. Hear more of it. Discovery. Video and audio podcast and language courses. In the d w media center at media center dot w dot com. This you know i mean in your mind noticing glenn you. Want to notice. 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