>> THIS IS A WLKY VESSEL
PRESENTATION.
>> IT IS LIKE A WAR ZONE.
>> STATE OF ADDICTION.
>> IT IS AFFECTING EVERYONE.
>> WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
TAKING.
>> A FAR REACHING EPIDEMIC WITH
A DANGEROUS TOLL.
>> EIGHT PEOPLE THAT I KNOW HAVE
DIED IN 30 DAYS.
>> IT IS A STRUGGLE.
THERE IS NO SIMPLE OR EASY
ANSWERS.
>> WELCOME TO "DATE OF
ADDICTION."
HEROIN AND OPIOID AGENDA --
ADDICTION HAS A FAR-REACHING
IMPACT.
IN MANY CASES, IT IS SOMEONE YOU
WOULD NEVER SUSPECT TO HAS A
PROBLEM.
KENTUCKY RANKS THIRD IN THE
COUNTRY FOR THE MOST OVERDOSE
DEATHS, TIED WITH OHIO.
ONLY WEST VIRGINIA AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE HAVE MORE.
THEY ARE WHEN EPIDEMIC IS
HITTING THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE
PARTICULARLY HARD.
OUR CITY IS SEEING A RECORD
NUMBER OF OVERDOSE CALLS
INCLUDING A STRETCH OF 52 ODS IN
32 HOURS IN FEBRUARY.
THE SPIKE HAS METRO EMERGENCY
CREWS SCRAMBLING TO KEEP UP.
OVERDOSE CALLS ARE ON THE
RISE IN THE METRO.
>> OVERDOSES KNOW IT NO
BOUNDARIES.
THEY CAN BE IN ANY AREA OF THE
CITY.
>> LOUISVILLE IS SITTING A
RECORD NUMBER OF OVERDOSE CALLS.
EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDED TO 695
CALLS IN JANUARY AND A
STAGGERING 868 CALLS IN
FEBRUARY.
AT LEAST, 75 DEATHS HAVE BEEN
ATTRIBUTED TO DRUG OVERDOSES IN
THE FIRST 2.5 MONTHS IN THE
YEAR.
>> OVERDOSES ARE VERY
UNPREDICTABLE.
SO IS THE NATURE OF THE DRUG.
>> EMS RESPOND TWO CALLS AT
INTERSECTIONS, HOTELS, AND
HOMES.
THIS DRIVER OD AND PASSED OUT
CAUSING A CRASH AT WESTPORT
ROAD.
HOURS AFTER THE CRASH, A CALL TO
A RALLIES BATHROOM WHERE ANOTHER
PERSON HAS OVERDOSED.
THE METRO IS IN THE MIDST OF AN
EPIDEMIC.
>> THERE IS NO PART OF TOWN THAT
IT AFFECTS MORE THAN ANOTHER.
IT IS A TRULY UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION AFFECTING OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE ARE EXPOSED TO IT NO
MATTER WHO YOU ARE.
>> LOUISVILLE OVER -- FIRST
RESPONDERS GO TO 20 OVERDOSE
CALLS A DAY.
IN FEBRUARY, THOSE CALLS
DOUBLED.
HEALTH OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE
INCREASE IS DUE TO FENTANYL.
>> WHAT WE SEE ON THE STREETS
NOW IS FENTANYL MET WITH HEROIN.
>> HAIR WHEN IS UNPREDICTABLE.
OFFICIALS SAY A DOSE CAN BE
DIFFERENT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
>> SOMEONE COULD HAVE TAKEN
HEROIN MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE
PAST BUT THIS TIME, IT COULD
LEAD TO AN OVERDOSE.
>> ON THIS FRONT, OVER -- FIRST
RESPONDERS GAVE THE PATIENT
NARCAN.
AND THIS SCENE IS REPEATED OVER
AND OVER EACH DAY.
EMERGENCY CREWS ON THE RUN,
SCRAMBLING TO HELP WITH THIS
GROWING EPIDEMIC.
>> ANY INCREASE IN CALLS IS
GOING TO PLAY A FACTOR IN THE
FATIGUE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
THEY ARE TIRED OF MAKING
OVERDOSE RUNS.
IT IS TOUGH TO SEE DAY IN AND
DAY OUT.
YOU MIGHT BE MAKING MULTIPLE
OVERDOSE RUNS IN THE SAME SHIFT
OR ON THE SAME PATIENT.
>> IT IS NOT JUST A EMERGENCY
CREWS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP, THE
WORK FOR THE HOMICIDE UNIT HAS
SKYROCKETED.
DETECTIVES RESPOND TO EACH
OVERDOSE DEATH AND AS CHRISTINA
MORA EXPLAINS, OR COTTAGE
OFFICERS AND IN SOME CASES,
FEDERAL AGENTS, ARE RESPONDING
ALSO.
>> WE HAVE BEEN IN
MILLION-DOLLAR HOMES AND IN
ALLEYS.
IT IS AFFECTING EVERYONE.
CHRISTINA: LIEUTENANT EMILY AND
THE HOMICIDE UNIT ARE DEALING
WITH A STAGGERING NUMBER OF
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2017.
BY MID-MARCH, HER UNIT RESPONDED
TO NEARLY 80 SUSPECTED DEADLY
OVERDOSES.
BUT -- THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR
WAS 38.
THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION AND NARCOTICS THE
TECH'S IN TO HELP.
THE GOAL IS TO TRACK DOWN THE
DEALERS.
>> AS AGENTS, WE ARE WORKING THE
HIGHEST LEVEL OF TRAFFICKERS WE
CAN FIND.
WE HAVE HAD TO RETHINK THE WAY
WE ARE DOING THINGS BECAUSE OF
THIS EPIDEMIC.
WE ARE HAVING TO MIX THINGS UP
AND WE ARE TARGETING THE FIRST
LINE DISTRIBUTOR.
THAT IS SOMETHING UNUSUAL FOR
US.
CHRISTINA: THE PILOT PROGRAM
KICKED OFF LAST YEAR IN FOUR
CITIES, LOUISVILLE, PITTSBURGH,
ST. LOUIS, AND MILWAUKEE.
LOUISVILLE IS CAN -- IS
CONSIDERED A PRIORITY.
OFFICERS WILL NOW RESPOND TO
OVERDOSE SCENES.
THEY ARE ON THE HUNT FOR CLUES
TO LEAD THEM BACK TO THE
SUPPLIER.
>> WE HAVE STARTED TO STREAMLINE
HOW WE DO OVERDOSE DEATHS
BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
NARCOTICS UNIT NOW.
THE NARCOTICS UNIT HAS COME ON
BOARD SO IF WE RESPOND TO AN
OVERDOSE DEATH AND WE FEEL WE
CAN IDENTIFY WHO MAY HAVE
PROVIDED THE DRUGS TO THE
PERSON, WE WILL CONTACT A
NARCOTICS DETECTIVE.
>> NARCOTICS IS ABOUT THE MY NEW
CHEF -- IS ABOUT THE DETAILS.
IT IS ABOUT A SCRAP OF PAPER.
THE TYPE OF SYRINGE TELLS US
ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE GETTING IT
FROM.
CHRISTINA: DETECTIVES SAY THE
CLUES HELP LEAD TO THE ARREST OF
SUSPECTED DEALER LOGAN IN SOUTH
LOUISVILLE.
HE SOLD HAIR WENT TO A MAN IN
DECEMBER WHO LATER OVERDOSED AND
DIED.
>> WE MADE THE SCENE AND MET
WITH THE FAMILY.
THE CASE -- THAT CASE IS ONE
WHERE EVERYTHING ALIGNED.
CHRISTINA: HE HAS BEEN INDICTED
ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF SELLING
HEROIN THAT CAUSED A DEADLY
OVERDOSE.
IT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED CHARGE
FOR A REGION AND IT CARRIES A 20
YEAR SENTENCE WITH NO CHANCE FOR
PAROLE.
>> GOING INTO THIS, NO ONE
ANTICIPATED HOW EMOTIONAL THIS
WOULD BE.
CHRISTINA: AUTHORITIES SAY 80%
OF THE SUSPECTED OVERDOSE DEATHS
IN TO ME 17 HAS LIKED -- HAVE
LIKELY BEEN FROM FENTANYL.
IT IS USED TO CUT HAIR WHEN TO
MAKE IT STRONGER -- IT IS USED
TO CUT HEROIN AND MAKE IT
STRONGER.
>> THE PROBLEM IS THAT SMALL
AMOUNT IS KILLING SOMEONE,
SOMEONE'S SON OR DAUGHTER.
THOSE SENTENCES MAY BE STIFF BUT
THESE GUYS NEED TO KNOW THAT
THOSE SENTENCES ARE OUT THERE.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO PEDAL THIS,
WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU.
IF WE CATCH YOU, THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT HAMMER.
CHRISTINA: WHILE THEY FIGHT THIS
ON THE STREETS, MANY ARE
BATTLING THE ADDICTION AT HOME.
OFTEN IN SILENCE.
NEARLY 5 MILLION AMERICANS ARE
ADDICTED TO PILLS.
THAT IS A 300% INCREASE SINCE
1999.
THE FACE OF ADDICTION IS GETTING
YOUNGER.
ERIC KING LOOKS AT THE PAINFUL
REALITY THROUGH THE EYES OF A
PARENT WHO LOST HIS SON TO A
ADDICTION.
>> AS I STARTED TO WALK
UPSTAIRS, MY HEART FELT WITH
EACH STEP THAT I TOOK.
I JUST GOT A BAD FEELING.
AS I GOT TO THE TOP OF THE
STAIRS AND I WALKED INTO HIS
BEDROOM, I OPENED THE DOOR AND I
COULD SEE HIS FEET AND HOW WHITE
THEY LOOKED.
I LOST IT.
I HAD MY WIFE CALLED 911.
I PULLED MY SON DOWN AND TRIED
TO GIVE HIM CPR FOR ABOUT 15-20
MINUTES.
BY THE TIME THEY GOT THERE, THEY
TOOK OVER.
MY WIFE AND I WERE DEVASTATED.
THEY CAME DOWNSTAIRS AND SAID
THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO
FOR HIM.
WE BOTH LOST IT.
ERIC: GREG ALLEN WAS 27 YEARS
OLD.
HE DIED IN DECEMBER, 20 16, A
FEW WEEKS SHY OF HIS BIRTHDAY.
ALTHOUGH HIS DRUG STRUGGLE ENDED
WITH HEROIN, HIS DAD SAID IT DID
NOT START THERE.
>> HIS SENIOR YEAR, IT WAS
COMBATIVE JUST GETTING HIM UP
FOR SCHOOL.
WE DID NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS
USING PAIN PILLS.
>> NO KID GOES INTO HAVING THEIR
FIRST RANK OR SMOKING MARIJUANA
AND THINKING -- I WILL GO TRY
HEROIN.
NOBODY SAYS THAT.
ERIC: PRISCILLA WORKS FOR THIS
REHAB THAT HELPS TO CURB
ADDICTION.
CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE FORCED THEM
TO CONCENTRATE ON TEENAGERS.
>> WE HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KIDS THAT ARE CRUSHING
SWEETHEARTS AND SNORTING THEM UP
THEIR NOSE.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE HAVE ADOLESCENT THAT MAY BE
DRINKING, SMOKING MARIJUANA AND
USING PRESCRIPTION PILLS.
THEY ARE TESTING THE WATERS.
WITH THAT, THEY MAY GET INTO
TROUBLE IN THE PARENTS ARE
REALIZING SOMETHING IS GOING ON.
ERIC: IN 2015, THE LAST
FULL-YEAR STATISTICS ARE
AVAILABLE, 276,000 KIDS IN THE
U.S. BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND
17 WERE OF USING PAIN
MEDICATIONS.
AN ADDITIONAL 122,000 WERE
ADDICTED TO PAIN -- PRESCRIPTION
PAIN MEDICATIONS.
500,000 CAUSED -- CALLED
THEMSELVES USERS.
>> IF WE ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF
AN EPIDEMIC, IT HAS TO START AT
A YOUNG AGE.
>> YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INQUISITIVE.
THE YOUNGER WE ARE, THE MORE
INQUISITIVE WE ARE.
THAT IS HOW WE LEARN.
HAIR WHEN IS THE 1 -- HEROIN IS
THE ONE THING YOU CANNOT TRY ONE
TIME.
ERIC: FOR KEN, IT IS ABOUT
RE-EXAMINING EVERYTHING.
DESPITE THE DAILY HORROR OF THAT
TRACK, IT COMES WITH A SMALL BIT
OF SOLACE KNOWING HIS STORY, HIS
SONS STORY, COULD POTENTIALLY
HELP ANOTHER FAMILY STRUGGLING
WITH ADDICTION.
>> THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT GOES
BY THAT WE DO NOT SHED TEARS.
HE MEANT THAT MUCH TO US.
I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER FAMILIES
GOING TO THE SAME THING.
IT IS PAINFUL.
COMING UP NEXT, TRACING THE
ORIGINS OF THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
>> HEROIN, COCAINE, CRANK.
YOU NAME IT.
IT IS HERE.
>> WE WILL TAKE YOU TO A SMALL
EASTERN KENTUCKY TOWN WHERE
PHARMACIES DOMINATE THE
LANDSCAPE.
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