That he loved me and cared about me and ive been serwer since then and now i have 17 months congratulations for that. Thank you. Do you dream about the future now . Yeah. A few years ago, i didnt think id be alive and so it was really weird turning 18 and having plans to go to college and just all of the things that i get to do now one point, i didnt know of lucy was going to live or die and now i know lucy is going to do whatever she wants to do in this world. Every single one of these kids gives us all hope today that no matter how hard your life is, things can get better. One de at a time it sounds like such a Great Program and, and you know that young woman lucy, her face just lit up when she was talking about her her sobriety what are the effects that a school like this exists, say, about the state of the drug crisis in our country, especially among teens yeah i mean its sad. I think that a school like this has to exist, but on the other hand, youre glad that it does. Its sort of
I think that a school like this has to exist. But on the other hand, youre glad that it does. Its sort of the physical embodiment of harm reduction, something that weve talked about a lot. I will tell you, anderson, just over the past few years youve seen drug usage actually go down in the United States. But at the same time, the drugs have gotten stronger theyve gotten deadlier, and they are easier to obtain. I mean, keith was telling me these kids, theyll get the drugs off social media and theyll pay with venmo which is i guess no surprise then that the number of overdoses among adolescents has doubled over the last several years. So its an incredible program, but said that it has to exist at all for sanjay gupta. Thanks so much got it. Thank you sure. To join sanjay this saturday. May 18 at 9 00 p. M. Eastern for the hourlong special champions for change with a look at 12 people making a difference. Again, thats saturday at 9 00 p. M. Eastern its a process. The news continues right