reminders of her son matthew. her favorite, a quilt made from all his favorite shirts. sometimes i would think, you know, okay, i got matthew s arms wrapped around me. reporter: it includes the last photo they took together in his most favorite shirt. if the house caught on fire, i would probably grab that quilt, my matthew quilt. reporter: matthew davidson, one victim of america s opioid epidemic, wrapped in the pandemic of covid-19. many thanks to the davidson and butcher family spfor speaking t us. it is not easy. there are some predicted numbers for 2021. so far the overdose deaths are down for this year, hopefully the worst is behind us. we got a long way to go. john? let s hope, miguel. as you point out with that family, the most important number is one when it is someone you love. and that s too much. thank you so much. tiger woods speaking publicly for the first time since the devastating car crash that nearly killed him. what he s saying about returning
can just turn off. for a lot of people it s not a choice. they are addicted to these drugs and i think the only way they can get off is through support and love. this is his wallet. he didn t have much. reporter: karen butcher now clings to the few physical reminders of her son, matthew. her favorite? a quilt made from all his favorite shirts. sometimes i would think, okay. i have matthew s arms wrapped around me. reporter: it includes the last photo they took together in his most favorite shirt. if the house caught on fire i d probably grab that quilt. i call it my matthew quilt. reporter: matthew davidson one victim of america s opioid epidemic wrapped in the pandemic of covid-19. many thanks to the davidson and butcher families for speaking to us. it is not easy. they do it because they hope it will help other people. if there is any bright spot here, jake, it is that the cdc does have predicted numbers for 2021 of drug overdoses and they are below where they were at t