Opioid and Heroin Addiction Crisis in North Carolina
About four people a day die from an opioid overdose in North Carolina. In fact it's the leading cause of accidental death in our state, surpassing vehicle crashes. In this powerful hour-long documentary you'll hear the personal stories of people who've lost loved ones to overdose. You'll also hear from first responders, advocates and treatment professionals who are on the front lines of our state's opioid epidemic. This documentary originally aired Tuesday, August 1, 2017 .
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i was a very happy child, loved life, played sports, got straight As, and became an addict. it can happen to anyone.
*Very true fact right here ! Addiction can happen to just anybody, whatever be the age and social class, but in thee end it all just comes to you and just you.. It's you who gotta be mentally strong, with that willpower to say no, to resist to all sorta temptations and if forcefully introduced to it somehow, then you should know where all this gonna end if you'd continue to chase it the next day. You gotta have it in you to just categorically not be in that situation where you'd be faced with it again and have that in you mentally to not chose this over everything else. As it all starts small, in small quantities/doses, to slowly gradually level up to full blown addiction, you are the only one who should know and learn when to quit, when to say no, when to just push away this kinda lifestyle, this circle of friends/people or surroundings that are related to it or that gonna lead you to it. It all just comes down to you and just you, once you've set it all up strictly up there in your mind, then nothing would be able to overpower you, you'd be able to conquer literally just any struggles or bad situations in life..* 😉🤗
it only happens to people who don't have a strong faith, not to anyone.
The Devil only ruins your life....and takes it....if you let him do it.
@@catalyst4518 You are 100% incorrect
being addicted is like being possessed by a demon
That is exactly right.A demon that takes possession of you.I come from Germany and was addicted to heroin and cocaine for 15 years
word
In a sense, because it does change how you think pretty drastically
Yes ! Absolutely
"being addicted is like being possessed by a demon" That you invited in. LOLOLOL!!!!
withdrawal is hell on earth. if you haven’t been through it, don’t judge. it’s way worse than you can possibly comprehend
been through it. it WAS HELL. 5 years clean now.
True, and when people say ,’oh it’s like a bad case of the flu,’ they forget to add that it also includes soul destroying depression and repeated waves of chronic anxiety
Withdrawal also includes puking, diarrhoea, nausea, cold sweats and much more. ANYONE would do almost anything to stop this horrible feeling because you seriously feel like youre dying, and it just gets worse. Only help is medically assisted rehabilitation as an inpatient.
It literally made my PTSD 10x worse. It's traumatic. Never again! 11yrs zero drugs!!!
Also been that thru hell!!! The restless legs, the no sleep for 4-5 days. Wouldn’t wish it on anyone!! People that haven’t gone thru it, I’m happy for you that haven’t! I agree, the judgement that is thrown upon addicts is tremendous!! For everyone that has gone thru it and stayed clean, or that have relapsed, don’t give up. You can do it, you have to go thru hell and back but once it’s done, nothing but sunny skies in future!!!!! Good luck
I spent my whole life in denial of this disorder. Most of it believing that I had failed morally. That I was just a bad person. I am your mother, sister, daughter. I am every person with a substance abuse disorder. We can recover, we are good and we bring value to the world. We can change. Don’t give up, we will have set backs-be kind to yourselves and get up.
Thank you for saying this ❤️❤️
If you can be anything "Be kind" those are words I will live by my whole life. 💔
You aren’t amoral. You are suffering with the disease of addiction and do bad things when you are high.You will also do things to get the drug.But it’s meetings, people places and things and psychotherapy.
Obviously not everybody can recover! It's just another new age lie
@@040HHr it sounds good , right?! I wish we all could recover. I suppose technically it is possible but not probable for many of us. I'm 47 and STILL in active addiction to heroin and have been off and on (more on and very few off) since my first experience w it when I was twenty-four. Honestly, I've accepted that for me and the remainder of my life here on earth, it's going to be either the illegal substance or Suboxone or methadone, maintenance medication. It sucks but speaking for myself only, I don't "want" it like it's said the addict has to to get clean. I can't recall wanting much ever. Not wholly. I wish I could wake up and not be terribly ill and HAVE TO inject myself in order to just be. And that I didn't have to go thru withdrawals to even begin to not use. But I just wanted to say that. And for the other addicts, I hope for you all that you won't find yourself like me over twenty years later still in this lifestyle looking back at all you had and lost.
It’s disgusting how expensive rehab is
Trosco is free awesome program
Where’s that? I can’t find it plus I’m in Canada
Addiction is much more expensive
@@badbeatbilly8997Personally, I only spend about $200/m on drugs and rehab is $10,000-30,000. For those that spend $100 a day on fentanyl, how are they still supposed to afford rehab? They have zero dollars to start the day before hustling
@@badbeatbilly8997True. But rehab should be free.
died before she could get help. that’s so sad. for some reason i lived long enough to get clean. i got lucky because this easily could have been me. took me years of trying to get clean. have 9 years, 3 months and 10 days clean now
Why do you still count after this long, havnt you moved on?
Keep counting! Proud of you! One day at a time.
@@sarahyoung2251 seriously? Wow!
@@Globelle oh come on.... not long now
@boosqueazy - Congrats on 9+ years sober. That is a huge accomplishment and know that although I am a stranger to you, I am proud of you and sending you good thoughts for many more clean years! ❤️
To anyone struggling with addiction you can overcome its grip, don’t give up! So sorry for all the people in this who have lost a friend of family member. Peace be with you and may your loved one now reside with god and the many other beautiful people that are now gone.
These amount of pressure put on the everyday American person is so overwhelming. I understand why they do it . America needs to stop making life so hard to live and maybe these people will have a decent chance.
We’re in a machine
Life can be way worse in other countries. America needs to step up and acknowledge this is a DISEASE. You don't ARREST someone with CANCER. You fight it as hard as you can. Some live. Some die. Make TREATMENT for Addiction AFFORDABLE, AVAILABLE and EFFECTIVE. If I were diagnosed with cancer, I would receive treatment. I wouldn't be shamed, blamed and left to fight the worst battle of my life alone and survive it with no one by my side to celebrate it. No one cares when you stop using. They cry if you die. That's about it.
Don't we all wish? This sh*t is never going away. If you think about it, drugs have been a part of our lives forever. It's when it hits home that people notice .
My addiction also started when i was 12 years old after having my wisdom teeth removed. My mother used heroin while she was pregnant carrying me. I'm not sure if drug dependency is genetically passed onto our children . I only know that at the age of 12 my life changed . I was a child with a optimistic outlook and a joyful spirit but all that changed the instant I felt the effects of the percoetss 5/325mg . It was as if someone turned on a light switch. It was a ah ha moment that felt so good I always sought it out . I never could imagine that I was addicted until I didn't want to use anymore and couldn't overcome the discomfort of withdrawal. I spent 13 years in the grip of drug addiction injecting heroin , meth, or anything that was available. I've been sober since 2018 and as awesome as that is it came with a high cost.... I lost my family , my home, my vehicles, my freedom and myself. To this day I don't recognize the person I have become and it still brings tears to my eyes having to relive the moments that ultimately hurt those I love.
My nephew, Tyler he was 12 was the same way outgoing gonna make something of his life in the military that all changed riding the four wheeler, and he broke his growth plate in his left leg the doctors putting on Percocets, and while his leg was broke, he was trying to go down the stairs, but but on the stairs, and he fell and broke his back I didn’t know it at the time, but that started the addiction, took my nephew from us on his mothers birthday who passed a year prior from a brain aneurysm, but he did well in school. He was the top of ROTC program in his school had offers from the president to go to any military school with a full rod, he join the military, but they sent him home because of his back, and his girlfriend was pregnant with a baby who had some birth defects That drug addiction monster wouldn’t let go until May 24 2021 in a stranger home they didn’t call anybody until someone from his work was there to pick him up but heroin laced with fentanyl my family would forever change he left behind a beautiful 8 yo daughter that was still grieving the loss of her grandmother now rumor has it her mom is using meth I pray God watches over her that drug doesn’t affect her stays out of her baby body. She breaks this nasty addiction curse.
You can get some of what you lost if you remain sober. Glad to hear you got sober. Being of service and recognizing what you are grateful for can help keep you sober on those rough days.
So horrendous! Lost my daughter to suicide & I found her! I so understand & will never get over our loss!😢
I’m so sorry, Mary. So terribly sorry. I will keep you and your daughter in my prayers. X
When I got my wisdom teeth removed in my country, doctor would not prescribe more than Tylenol for the pain - it's crazy that a dentist has the authority to prescribe opiates to a child. Crazy!!!!!
When I got my wisdom teeth removed I got absolutely nothing, except a bill. When I broke my arm, nothing. Had 4 kids. Nothing. If it had been a long labour I believe an epidural could have been an option. Some people get gas. don't know where it was when I had my kids. Perhaps I didn't need it. Broken ribs, nothing. Dr said it might only be muscle damage, no point in an x-ray, they don't do anything for broken ribs anyway. Just leave them to heal themselves. Years later I had an x-ray. They wanted to know if I'd been in a bad car accident. Many broken ribs and punctured lung from years earlier. At the time I wasn't given so much as a paracetamol. Health care is free in my country. So very different than the U.S.A.
I am a recovering addict. I thank God that I made the choice to get clean for myself and then my family. I also thank God for the VA because they have the resources for recovery. It has not been an easy road to travel, and I struggle everyday with pain, but do not take nor can I take medication for it. That's what my pain management doctor is for. I will continue to fight my addiction till the day I die, and reach out to anyone who also is clean or wants to be clean. For those who think addiction is a choice, you'll understand it once you or someone you love goes thought it.
🙏you did it become clean ,you won this fight ,from this addiction and getting your own life back ! Keep clean and be proud of yourself,because you WON this fight ! 💫💫💫🙏
Follow the money, who’s benefiting & who’s getting rich…
Who the heck prescribes opioids to a 15-year old?!🤯🤦🏼
Sounds like he had a broken arm. Broken bones take a long time to heal and hurt like ever living hell. Controlling the pain is important because in order for the bone to heal correctly you must restrict movement. Also healing is much slower if pain isn't controlled. Sometimes in life you can do everything right and still get addicted.
@@Rawkstar2210 I’ve had a broken arm, and broken jaw at the same time, still the doc didn’t prescribe me any opiates. There’s other pain medicines too.
I’ve got one for you my daughter started her period at 10 with unbearable pain for a 10-year-old. I took her to our local ER and he’s prescribed for my 10-year-old who couldn’t even swallow pills liquid Vicodin extra strength didn’t try anything else went straight for the opiates and thank God my daughter took it once, and never wanted you to again and the thing that helps her the most still to this day is 800 mg of ibuprofen, one or two on her first day of her.
I was prescribed at 14 out here in Utah. We have a big problem here, and have had one for decades. I fell in love immediately, ended up doing heroin like many others. Thank god I got out of it alive.
I had a broken humerus. Fortunately I did not have any pain after it was sorted out. I was only given ibuflam (nurofen), because of my age they kept me in hospital 10 days. I didn't need to take the ibuflam. No way would they give out opiates here in Germany unless you had a very serious illness or serious accident and then it would be closely monitored by your Dr with the instructions from the Consultant who oversaw your hospital treatment.
Thanks Sackler family.
Everybody wants to blame somebody except the addict.
@@pursedelighted8313the sacklers did get a hold of a lot of naive people though
The Sackler family definitely deserves a huge part of the blame. They made basically a prescription heroin and pushed it and advertised it like no other drug in history. Not bad enough? They straight up lied and said that it had a very low chance of addiction and abuse. It's literally a prescription that addicted America and they produced enough of it to supply every person in the U.S.A and beyond.
@@pursedelighted8313 yep, always somebody elses' fault, and this is why I dislike addicts; no responsibility taken but expect the health system to jump to it and help them! Help yourselves, do the hard yards for yourself and others WILL support you, but denial and blaming anything and anybody else just turns people off, they get sick of hearing it.
@Purse Ever heard about cause and effect, Einstein? Read up on the Sacklers and the monstrous empire they built on the backs of those they *deliberately* got addicted to their hellish drugs.
Paying for rehab is a big reason why people don’t do it
This problem exists mainly due to pharma reps in the US. In most civilised countries, drugs are purchased by the national health care service and made available to doctors only via them. There is no way of pushing certain drugs and no monetary incentive for doctors to prescribe one drug over another as well as strict guidelines on who can get opioids.
YES,, big pharma lied about pain meds being the answer to back problems instead of surgery.. I saw the ad in TIME magazine.... So yes doctors were misled,, we don't live in a perfect world..,, only money making..
To get pain medicine over nothing is insane. Everybody experience pain from time to time. I have broken so many bones. Ribs, collar bone, fot and what not. It's no problem having pain a couple months. Any who, in my country(which is really good) ther's no chance in hell Doctors describe opoiots except chronic pain or abseloutly crushed in a car accident or something.
Wrong... most of us have taken opiods as prescribed by doctors and had no issues. When the regimen is to end, we suck it up for the sake of NOT GETTING ADDICTED. This is not about pharma -- it's about YOU.
Opiate addiction has made me dull, careless, and undriven. Ive been clean for a couple years. You will never be the same after that first use. Its great for the first month, then its horror for the rest of your addicted life.
Go to church. Get involved in your community. Go do something for someone besides yourself. It's the quickest way to find a reason to live.
@@gussampson5029 👍
My heart is broke for the first family. I’m so sorry you lost your son and your grandchildren lost their Dad🌎☀️💙
I was prescribed opioids last year after I broke my knee cap. After the surgery I was given 3 days worth of pain medication and sent home with a non-opioid pain pump. There are other options other than opioids for pain, we know so much more now about these meds than previously so we can make better informed decisions with our doctors. My heart goes out to all who have lost their loved ones. I hope our country moves more towards compassion for ALL vs locking folks up. It destroys families in so many ways.
Great work to the outreach worker in Wilmington, NC. We need more people like him. Go Mike! I am proud of you and your work to keep other North Carolinians (and visitors to our wonderful state) safer and aware of resources.
Mike is a wonderful man. That kind of goodness in another human being is humbling.
In Germany you only get strong painkillers if you have a serious disease or a serious accident and these have to be prescribed by a consultant and then you are monitored closely by a Dr and taken off them very quickly when your pain lessens. You are then prescribed 600 or 800 mh ibuflam (nurofen) but you have to take 1 tablet pantoprazol in the mornings to protect your stomach. This is also monitored closely. Also you can only get cough/cold medicine and aspirin or anadin etc from a chemist.
I am a recovering addict I just celebrated 16 years of sobriety and one thing I’ve never called my addiction is a disease it’s a choice to use not something we have no control over we do have a choice to become that addict
you have a choice to start the drug, the addict has no control over the effect the drug takes over their body and brain. that is the disease of it.
I’m an alcoholic. When I had my first drink at age 29 out with a friend it was never my choice to become an alcoholic. Now after many years of sobriety if I picked up a drink then it becomes my choice.
Honestly its made it a nightmare for people with legitimate pain to get any help whatsoever. Even to have an intensive surgical procedure and Tylenol w Codeine is in the option as they are removing a mass from my reproductive system, my ovaries and fallopian tubes? MD wont even prescribe meds for the current pain Im in bc of the mass before surgery. Regular contempt from medical professionals who treat everyone like an addict. Im bitter. Not everyone is an addict. Im not sure where everyone is getting their drugs but given the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction its affecting those that really need help. Addicts have ruined it for others as well.
Well it's not like addicts can help it that they got addicted
You're right, went from prescribing opioids for a tooth ache to not getting so much as a Tylenol 3 unless you're terminally ill. That's one thing this country is horrible at, finding the right balance. Multiple other issues where this has been the case from the amount of time in prison we're giving people to the requirements to own a firearm (that's more state by state but same idea none the less).
@@JamieHowell-vz4withey can though, and people in pain don’t get addicted because the pain relief is worth so much more than any high.
Addicts didn’t ruin it for others. The only people to blame is big pharma! Specifically Purdue. The beginning of the downfall was highly addictive OxyContin, which led to cheaper alternative heroin which turned to cheaper, mass produced Fentynl. Purdue and all the pill mills ruined it for anyone actually needing pain meds because now doctors are terrified of over prescribing pain meds. I truly am sorry for your pain. My mom is going thru ovarian cancer and also had major surgery. She was treated with a pain block at surgery which lasted I want to say 3 days and was provided with pain medication when she was discharged. Your doctor borders negligent for not prescribing you meds after major surgery. I think as women our pain is majorly dismissed in the medical field.
I’m so sorry for your profound lost.I hope maybe you can eventually give support to other families
Why did they cut funding in half when the problem is not getting better?
They can throw all the money in the world at it, if it's not being used to fund programs that are shown to actually work, it's pointless.
Thanks for posting, could do without the background music. "KEEP ON KEEPIN ON"
I so sorry for all of you who have had this tragedy that affect all cultures, nationality and different socioeconomic backgrounds
My brother use to be a carrboro police officer, and worked at Mcdougle middle School. I remember him telling me about this 12 y/o girl nearly dying from drugs . He was so upset that overdoses are on the rise in his small town. Carrboro is extremely small , from going to one OD in a week to 6 or 7 a day and reaching his school was very upsetting for Paul.
I think the resource money should come from the pharmaceutical companies that provide these medication’s
There are millions of people in pain who need these medications everyday. The pharmaceuticals who make them and say risk of adidction on the bottle have done nothing wrong.. the laws making it near impossible to get the real drugs and force people onto adulterated pills are the real kller.
What a beautiful house , looks like a nice neighborhood… sadly drugs happen within the best of families..
Every day, I wish I could take myself out of this life. Yet, I still could never bring myself to do drugs. I'm in pain every day, physically and emotionally.. I honestly don't like life, I never have. I'm 54.
❤️
Gabapentin is a non addictive prescription drug that provides emotional relief/mood stability. It is also called Neurontin. It doesn't work for everyone but you might ask a doctor for a trial dose. Usually they start off at low dose and increase it gradually.
Why suffer in physical pain? You could maintain a low dose opioid use for years without needing a higher dose… these addicts are chasing a high and always upping the dose. It’s different. You shouldn’t suffer with low quality of life because of the propaganda surrounding these drugs.
I'm sorry your so unhappy. Find out what makes you happy, get out an make friends. I hope you find some joy in your life soon and persue that.
Whoa! Jose... get up tomorrow and go to church!
I feel for anyone battling addiction or whos lost a loved one. But I also feel for the ppl in pain who are suffering because they can't get the proper medication. Ppl who had no addiction and who were leading productive lives who got kicked off their pain meds because others got addicted. The government punished everyone with the war on opioids. They didn't stop ppl from using and forcing treatment has been proven not to work. I just wish we could make policies that make sense.
The Policy Has Been Set . AA/NA Working The 12 Steps.
Thinking the government will get anything right is giving them way too much credit. I can't think of one issue here at home they won't likely just make worse unfortunately, especially issues that pertain to individual problems. The scariest phrase you can hear in America- I'm from the government and here to help" cuz that's the last thing that's going to happen.
Thank you for acknowledging this topic. I’m a 64 yo lady with CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome) and that’s exactly what happened to me. I’ve been on every pain medication they make, from the Oxycodone to Vicodin for over 30 years. I’ve never abused my meds, and always abide by the pain management program. In 2018 I was cut off from pain medication due to the “opioid crisis”. I filed a medical malpractice lawsuit for abandonment and mistreatment by a physician. I won. I could go on and on about this topic and what I went through mentally and physically. I wish everyone the best and hope those who suffer get the help they need.
Couldn't agree more. My best friends 83 yr old mother broke her back in Atlanta GA, NO DRUG ISSUES OR ADDICTION and they won't give her what she needs to not cry and scream in pain. Disgusting
@@staceyshaffer180this is all by design. Population control. IMO
I’m a person that has been in the recovery process for 50+ years now and I can tell you that the country has been targeted for the destruction through addiction and every single person will be affected in some form by addiction. I can tell you the struggles of people and families For 50 years of this disease nonstop and All the people that will never get a chance to try again. I had Four Sisters ,one died a few years ago and 2 more are dying from addiction . This is a Life and a miserable death disease. And now they are calling this disease a disorder. Alcohol is a drug. Please Please Please Get Help For The Person And The Family Of People With Addiction. The Very Best Way To Help Addiction Is To Get Help For The Family As Soon as You Can. It’s Free And You May Save Your Life By Getting Help and You May Save Someone Else’s Life.
I'm in the UK Michael and I have often thought that it was created by your government to cull the population. When I look at what is happening in Kensington Philly, that would never be allowed to happen here. Of course I know it's not just there and pretty much all through the south & mid-west but the scale of the addiction is unlike anything we have ever witnessed since the crack epidemic. Thanks big Pharma, this started with you.
alcohol is the worst...I started binge drinking after my mom died in March 2022 my dad was already passed since 2018 in march 2023 I was born again I call it that bc that's basically what it was I drank myself into a black out and ate 70 of my prescribed benzos laid on my couch fighting for air for 7 hours until my husband tried to wake me up for work and couldn't I had foam coming out of my mouth from all the fluid in my lungs if my respirations would've dropped any lower I would've been dead I was taken to the hospital in the town over and put on life support but had to be sent to a hospital in a bigger city for more critical care they prepared my family for the worst I was in a coma and on life support for 12 hours until I woke up to a tube sucking fluid out of my lungs and them telling me to cough I was then able to breathe again on my own it was like being born and taking my new first breath of air I fell back asleep I had a partially collapsed lung and minor brain damage from the diminished amount of oxygen for so long I'm not the same person I was I don't drink I no longer fk around and find out
@@heatheremshoff681 I Love You Heather Sister You Chase The Lord As Hard As You Chased The Alcohol/Drugs You Will Be Fine. I Needed A Support Group Of Many Kinds And I Found One That Worked And I Stuck With It AA. It Cleared My Mind Long Enough To Start Working For God Instead of working against God/Jesus Christ/The Holy Spirit .
@@heatheremshoff681 *Glad that you've now made yourself both mentally and physically strong not to fall into such trap or temptation ever again. We all do some stupid mistakes and decisions in life, some might just end up being deadly but all those who were able to get over with it, it's indeed like being born again, that you've earned yourself a hard azz lesson, you've made it to breathe another day, been given a second chance at life to reflect over all of your decisions and how all of it would impact your surroundings. So now just be that inspiration, that living proof of a lesson to educate others who've landed in the same spot as you, to make em realize that this ain't the way, that ain't the life and choices that they'd want to chose, just be there as a support and guide so that others wouldn't face the hell that you've once been into..*
How is rehab free????
If you live in North Carolina try Broughton Hospital in Morganton North Carolina. I don’t know if they could help anyone but it’s worth a try to save somebody’s life. It’s a mental hospital but I believe drug addiction goes hand-in-hand with mental illness
Same
I live in Asheville and my brother's girlfriend was sent to Broughton in the mid 90's.
Perhaps they are treating everybody like an addict because addicts are blaming everybody including doctors for their addiction. It works both ways.
Thank goodness for the computer that keeps track of all opioid prescription that is the only reason that I got back on my hydros when I had to find a new Dr.
It seems like no one in the comments works or has worked in healthcare. I don’t blame physicians, I blame the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare. When you go to a hospital, doctor’s office, patient satisfaction surveys are randomly sent out. A few of the questions you are asked is how is/was your pain managed, was your pain effectively managed. If you say no, that hospital/doctor’s office has to eat the cost of your visit…even hospital bills in the tens of thousands of dollars and more. As such, if you said your pain was uncontrolled, physicians ordered medication to control your said pain…because “the patient’s pain is what the patient says it is” and these facilities want/need that reimbursement. Thankfully this has had some slight changes, but too little too late. Yes addiction is a disease, yes addicts need help, but government needs to stay out of healthcare, and healthcare should not be for-profit. -from a RN of over a decade, and a member of a family of addicts.
It's true. Putting them in jail only makes things worse. I went in for 6 months for my 3rd DUI. I lost my apartment, my children and my pride. I felt like I lost it all. During those 6 months, it was a revolving door with drug addicts. One actually died in her cell. She was so high. That was her 3rd time in my 6 months. Such a sweet, young, girl. So sweet. I sort of clung to her while I was there. I've never been in jail. Never had a speeding ticket. Nada. And here I was serving 6 months. I was devastated. They're changing the laws in NJ where mental health will be taken into consideration when dealing with addition. That is, send them to the hospital instead of a jail. Teach them how to live without addition. Addiction Personality Disorder is a real illness.
You had 3 drunk driving charges. You knew after yr first mistake, you could kill other ppls children with yr behaviour, but you didn't care. Hope yr better now.
@LeeGordon-fp9zf You don't know me from a can of paint. Your comment is offensive and cruel. And unnecessary. Judgmental. Are you perfect? I don't think so. Far from it. Out of all the comments made here, yours is the weakest. Be Kind.
Umbrella yes we do..u got 3..count them 3 dui's....no you did not care till they clanged the cage door shut...
Just a few saddening and maddening stories of lives lost!Just a few of the countless EVERYDAY!So Glad I Was able to get out and be here Today!Never give up on others or yourself, there's too much good too see and do!
We don't choose addiction.....addiction choose a broken person 💔 in recovery 12 yrs clean and sober...God be with us ❤
I live in NC and I'm part of the group that was prescribed opiods for a back injury BUT I thank God I was able to get away from them. I never went to herion. I was offered when I couldn't find opiods but I always turned it down. I'm now on suboxone and haven't done opiods in 4 years. I carry narcan in all my vehicles.
Prescribing children #opiates under ANY medical circumstance besides surgery, should never be a course of acceptable treatment for a minor. Addiction does NOT discriminate!!!! It doesn’t care about your house in the suburbs. Your annual income; none of that matters to #drugs. PREVENTION will always be the #1 sure-fire way to avoid this cycle.
No one should be described opiats or other's dangerous substances if its not for chronic pain patients. People can tough it up until things get's better. This guy just had a broken arm. In my own experiences. Broken ribs is painful. You can't breath almost with out pain. You suck it up for a couple months, is what you do.
@@bendikkirkbakk1833 *True that, but nowadays whatever be the medical issue they just prescribe you with opiates, even the smallest of injuries, where there are weak mild pains, they just wanna end dealing with you by prescribing you these highly addictive opiates, which just literally open up the doors to hell for those patients, in return in most cases this just turn out to be an addiction and the need to chase for more of that high, it just triggers your senses to get higher highs, and all those who fall into this temptation, end up being an addict....*
@@bendikkirkbakk1833agreed. I take them for chronic pain. Unfortunately there’s contracts under chronic pain treatment, that say you can’t use marijuana, not supposed to use alcohol, or any other forms of self medication.. well in most cases the amount of pain medication is quite limited, and as most people can use pot without having physical withdrawal, it’s a much better option for sleep aid etc, but this is when people start abusing their meds and become addicts, because 3 pills a day really isn’t much for quality of life, it just helps you get by, but medical thc could really help in ways that would spare opioid use and tolerance, but it’s not allowed. Addiction happens when the lesser of all evils becomes the most outlawed. And the most evil is the only thing at our disposal.
addicts aren’t responsible for their disease, but they are responsible for their recovery. if you have this disease, it’s up to you to achieve recovery. that’s the part that people get confused.
wrong... they ARE responsible... I don't want to pay for their recovery!
My son was the jokester, skateboarder and had a ton of friends, too. I’m so sorry for your losses. I understand all too well…😢😢
This country needs to help addicts instead of whatever they are doing now
What they're doing now is treating it as a legal problem, something that's been shown time and time again not to work. We've spent over a trillion dollars since the start and things are actually worse now than ever. We stop an estimated 10% of things at the border, that's nothing but breakage, same thing every large business accounts for and worst case scenario, just passes those costs along to the consumer. When looking at the numbers and what's happening on the streets, idk how anybody thinks that this is something we can fix with more/stricter laws, there's countries that use the death penalty and they still have addicts...
It’s weird that the USA doesn’t solve the problem by using the same methods other countries have solve the opioid problem. The USA behaves as if this has never happened before and this problem has never been solved before. It’s the absolute absolution to evade the guilt and shame for not doing anything about it. Switzerland solved the problem in the early 1990s!
Nope... there's nothing sinister here because there's no help... no government can keep up with fentanyl... those that have gone there are long gone... it can't be fixed -- one must NEVER try the first time... in the future the drugs will get EVEN HARDER... no you gotta let them choose their own path and then go off the cliff -- they are the new zombies and you should BEWARE!
People are lost in this world !
The responses are so typical. They want to go to school, get a job, become a consular. The bottom line is that these drugs are more powerful than you or I. This is why over 100,000 people in the States die of overdose every year. The drugs will win, almost every time. Don’t ever think you can just give it a try, for the hell of it.
Paramedics must be so goddamn sick of wasting time saving chronic drug overdosers .
Why so evil dude? Thank GOD it’s not you! But you seem bitter!
@@couleuredgirl6314 Sorry. Just sick of the whole fucked up drug crisis . So many people are throwing their lives away cuz of brain destroying toxic drugs . There is no hope this problem will ever get better. 💔
Don't be a hater
It doesn't discriminate. Watch what you say... Could be your child, grandchild, parent, etc.... I understand that you don't understand. Its hard to understand. We have to save the ones we can save! I was saved!
The real problem is there are DEA and so many other feds and agencies here in NC. And they choose to go after users, not distributors. Thats the problem people. And if you really wanna get to the deepest issue, its our border and the open policies allowing record numbers of opiods into the country. No telling what else is getting through... Like terrorists. Btw im a former opiate addict for 15 years. Very lucky to be here, and thats no thanks to ANYONE in governement or governmental services.
Bless all those families and their departed loved ones. Addiction isn’t a choice. You weren’t bad parents. All of you did the right thing. Thinking of you.
Good old rehab. How many families have bankrupted themselves paying for "rehabs" to "fix" addiction in their children ... and lost them to overdose anyway. Those experts ... we've been trained to listen to what they say but they never seem to have real solutions to the deadly problems our children have been faced with at the hands of those greedy for wealth and power. After the last 4-5 decades of open ended supply of killer drugs, how many millions of lives of our brightest and best have we lost?
These people scream “shitty parents” like most boomer parents do.
Very good documentary
so many ,I'd even say majority of, these tragic opioid stories start with an injury or illness and a script. you never mean for the sickness to take u where u end up.. I thank God for life every day now. 6 months IV fent/heroin free and my life is no where near where I want it or where it should be had I not destroyed everything good I had going for me, but I'm alive and there's still hope, I pray for the lost and their loved ones... this is killing ppl every 11 minutes. ask yourselves, if our government was willing to spend billions to prevent and protect against cold viruses, why are they not willing to do more to save our children and loved ones dying hundreds daily to fentanyl? something has to change. the addict has to want help, sure, but there need be more urgency and help available
Please tell me you don't believe that covid is from the same virus as colds. A million Americans died from covid. Many more would have died without the vaccine. I wish you well and hope you are still clean.
Narcan only lasts for a little while, then it stops. That’s why you REALLY SHOULD go to the hospital after taking narcan. I’m a RN and we use Narcan too on a regular basis here in Pittsburgh. It’s almost always in the heroin here.
This was humbling
Meth addiction is just as bad or worse, have lost 4 close friends that were using both meth and fentanyl/heroin
Sad. I am sorry for the suffering and loss. I hope the parents receive the grace of God.
I lost two family members to fentanyl. It is not a disease. It angers me when people say that. I have a rare disease I have no choice in my disability. These people were blessed to be born healthy yet chose to put poison in their bodies. Im sorry for all the families that lost their loved ones to their selfish poor decisions. If you're an addict reading this, get help, stop making excuses, stop stealing, lying and hurting the people who love you. You're the only one that has the power to change your life.
I have been on Vicodin since 1993 and can not take care id my Household and life without a few Pills and some coffee , at least for now my Doctor Helps Me .
Yup four years ago, my son found my sister on the garage floor with purple feet. She overdosed on fentanyl and died. She was 58 years old. She took that blue small pill to help with her arthritis. It helped all right now she doesn’t feel nothing. I am 63. I started doing drugs at 12 back in 1972. I can honestly say jail save my life multiple times. While people were trying to get out of jail, I was trying to get in because I knew that’s what I needed and it worked every time . Back in 1978. I was doing heroin at PCP. I got addicted to the PCP. I got seriously sucked up eventually I ended up in the hospital because I got hepatitis from shooting up heroin. Also, in 1978 I got arrested for robbery position a PCP for sales I was given for years for the PCP and two years for the robbery. That’s exactly what I needed to clean up because in jail you work out at least I did and when I got out, I was pretty built, but here comes the drugs again anyways, I’ve been off the drugs for over 30 years thanks to prison
It’s very upsetting to me how people addicted to drugs resort to stealing because it puts a pinch on the price of things at store but it’s more upsetting to me that people are getting addicted to drugs because of the pain the they’re in and the fact that so many people are dying as a result. It’s painful as well that so many lives are lost. One life lost is too many but the number is so devastating. I wish people didn’t have the need to us drugs but the reality is that so many people are dying. God help my brothers and sisters in god . I hope that more lives can be saved. These human lives are so precious. Rip for all those lost souls who have lost the fight. You all mattered.
We can’t fund treatment for our own but we sure can fund Ukraine. Shameful
Excellent!!! Thank you for being so realistic. From a mom who lost 2 😥 49:52
Thea 23 and Sam 32
wonderful soundtrack
I grew up watching my mother and stepdad use heroin at a very young age being in and out of foster care. Later on in life they got clean for quite a while but later my mother died from an overdose in 2008 from prescription pills. Now I am dealing the same with my girlfriend who has an addiction to blues and has already overdosed once.I constantly live with fear and anxiety my mental health is at its all time worse. I am so scared that I will lose her to this terrible addiction😢
Trosco in Durham NC is the place to get free help. Jesus my oldest son recovered there and it's more than recovery
Unbelievable!
I don't get it, why do they keep prescribing opioids to people recovering from an injury? Their devastating effects on patients' lives is apparent.
Also remember; heroin was a prescribed drug in the beginning; it didn’t come out illicitly. Prescription heroin is effective because now obtaining prescription heroin; when the patient reaches a point where using isn’t working anymore; and say, “I want to quit.” I speak with experience.👨🎓♾️🙏
How about we start seeing ourselves and each other for what we are: flawed, fallible, and deserving and capable of both grace and love.
Clearly you have not known an addict -- they are demonic -- it's not fixable.
I got surprised when i read "Heroin", but then i saw this was aired back in 2017. Is there still any heroin in the streets of NC, or is it other opiats/opioids?
Why cant big pharma pay for people's rehab ??
I have had so many patients I have had expire in the ER died in the same way.
None of us think that we can't stop alone. That we will ever be addicted is crazy for any of us.😪
So many of these stories don't make sense. You can tell that huge details in their lives are being left out. You don't just go into a drug spiral after not wrestling if you've never done drugs before. People don't get addicted to drugs when they don't have personal unpleasantness to overcome. And that doesn't always mean abuse or trauma, though it is very common. Often neglect and isolation are enough. But there is always a REASON behind it. These aren't fully happy and fulfilled people who become addicts. People who love their lives love being present in their lives. And you can only do that while being sober. So they obviously must have multiple aspects of their lives causing great pain. But one big problem for teens is school. It's such a lousy institution these days that it's more harmful than helpful to send your kids to school. Homeschooling is so much better for your children. Schools are emotional nightmares for teens. They're dangerous and destructive. Nothing good comes out of going to school for most kids.
I see the needles all over parking lots in the citys
Has it gotten to be such an epidemic that we are resorting to snorting bath salts now?
Google it. Bath salts are not actually bath salts for your bath. It's a nickname for a drug. A shitty version of speed/crank/meth. My friend was using it 15 years ago.
I think they called them bath salts because at first they sold them in gas stations under the guise of being bath salts.
my brother died of a accidental overdose. fentanyl was found in his system but, no heroine💔
The lady at 11:05 drove me crazy with how many times she smacks her teeth or makes a clicking noise!!
One day I will try it!
“So much to offer this world”; I agree. It’s like some of us have a voice, and, We do not! Remember; it’s not all about you.🙏
Could it b they’re in so much pain they couldn’t take it anymore not bcc of addiction!!! And turned to Heron. Come on some of these stories I blame the government for getting involved in doctor and patient care. As long as they are not doing pill mill and have documentation the show reasonable evidence dang!! The first story on the young lady sure try everything possible.
When quaaludes became a big problem with overdoses in the 70s they were banned and disappeared completely within a very short time period and haven't been seen since. Why can't the same thing be done with fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine? The reason is that the big pharma companies are making too much money selling opiates and addiction related drugs along with the amount of money being made selling street opiates. The government also wants to reduce the population and make money with their for profit prisons which are owned by govt. officials.
Artificial Intelligence and smart robots are here, and humans are going to be phased out of all jobs as the technology becomes better and better. Millions and millions will be out of work, and companies will completely resist paying a tax that helps support all these people, and govts will not be able to afford it either, so people who choose alcohol, drugs legal and illegal WILL be left to deal with it themselves, that is the future, there is little that can or will be done. I am so glad I am 72 and will not have to live in this future for long.
Jordan Belfort still has them quaaludes😀
@@orwell9579 I miss them.
Hi would you be able to help out in south. Africat
It can make you a sham of yourself to see what you have done to yourself and others abd how it makes you feel about yourself i no I'm one of them .some times i wish I could quite it all 😢😢😢😢
I can't even finish this. Zoey mom makes the most God awful lip smacking sound. I've never felt so angry about someone who needed a glass of water. Good lord.
LEAD is a complete failure in my city. We need to have mandatory detox jail, one year minimum for chronic abusers of the system associated with crimes in our society. Also, so-called “harm reduction” is actually “harm PROduction” and the enabling of slow suicide of our most vulnerable people. My compassion is done. ENOUGH.
I thank God for the 26 years clean he blessed me to have , thats why i dedicate my life to helping ithers .
Indeed true. Addiction is really a monster ruining family lives and de-associate self from the society. Here I am relapse and sober again and again from heroin visited many rehabilitation but this habit is very dangerous. I totally wanna quit my addiction but i never know how I still relapse after knowing it's harmful effects.
It's because you lack all the necessary pillars of life: family, friends, responsibility, religion, helping in your community, goals, meaning and purpose and I'm sure a few others I'm forgetting. You need as many of those pillars as possible. The only way to stay off drugs is to make your life so great that living sober is more rewarding than getting high.
I heard that "Philadelphia"(Needle Park) was the drug Capital? This is very discouraging.
Doctors should treat addiction with the proper drugs, anything less is pointless. Real doctors, real drugs, no illegal profits. Everything else has failed.
Why must the background music have to be SO LOUD?!
Keep youre head up….
When someone verbally berrades harm reduction simply ask that person what are they doing to help.
Sad..
Mike. With the exchange. What's the chances you could help me out? Through the mail. I don't have any connections and want to do something like you're doing. I need some supplies.
We have done this Scotland for well over 10-15 years. We're lucky as we have the NHS Free health care but we lack on the mental health side,big time! I'm stable on methodone and other meds for my mental health,and i always have naloxone in my house,always.
I wish these drug companies that KNOW this is so addictive and led doctors believe they could prescribe it without this fear should have to pay every family that looses a loved one. It is awful and these drugs ruined my mothers life. She did not OD but she died of melanoma and I will always believe she might gotten treatment sooner if she had been numbed all the time from these medications.
I have seen ALL of my addicted friends meet their loser partners in rehabs or get worse afterwards. Get your loved ones a prescription of Suboxone & demand house rules. It’s called RE-PARENTING!!
My husband is doing great on Suboxone 👍
rehab romance. my fiancé has 23 years clean on methadone. i kicked cold turkey and have 9 years clean.
I have found it best to not switch seats on the Titanic.
Suboxone got me off the street dope and then I struggled to get off suboxone... kratom saved me from everything but you gotta respect the plant...
@@LuluBrit Congratulations 🎉