>> I’M OKAY. I CAN DO IT.
I CAN DO IT.
>> YOU MET MR. FLOYD AT
SALVATION ARMY?
>> YES.
>> AND THEN PROCEEDED TO
MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIM?
>> YES.
>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU IF DRUG USE
WAS A PART OF THAT RELATIONSHIP?
>> YES.
>> AND WHAT KIND OF DRUG USE WAS
A PART OF THAT RELATIONSHIP?
>> FLOYD AND I BOTH SUFFERED
WITH AN OPIOID ADDICTION.
>> AND DO YOU KNOW HOW -- I MEAN
LIKE FOR YOUR OWN SELF, HOW YOU
CAME TO BE INVOLVED, YOU KNOW,
WITH WHAT KIND OF DRUGS AND HOW
YOU BECAME INVOLVED?
>> THE USE OF OPIOIDS, YES.
BOTH FLOYD AND I ARE -- OUR
STORY, IT IS A CLASSIC STORY OF
HOW MANY PEOPLE GET ADDICTED TO
OPIOIDS.
WE BOTH SUFFERED FROM CHRONIC
PAIN.
MINE WAS IN MY NECK AND HIS WAS IN HIS BACK.
IN HIS BACK. WE BOTH HAVE PRESCRIPTIONS, BUT
WE BOTH HAVE PRESCRIPTIONS, BUT
AFTER PRESCRIPTIONS THAT WERE
FILLED AND WE -- WE GOT ADDICTED
AND TRIED REALLY HARD TO BREAK
THAT ADDICTION MANY TIMES.
>> AND WERE YOU EACH AWARE OF
EACH OTHER’S STRUGGLES WITH
OPIOIDS?
>> YES, EVENTUALLY IN OUR
RELATIONSHIP WE SHARED THAT.
>> AND DID YOU WORK TOGETHER ON
THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND FOR HOW LONG OF A PERIOD
DID THIS STRUGGLE GO ON FOR YOU,
FOR BOTH OF YOU?
>> ADDICTION IN MY OPINION IS A
LIFELONG STRUGGLE, SO IT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE -- WE DEALT
WITH EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT JUST KIND OF COMES AND
GOES.
IT IS SOMETHING I’LL DEAL WITH
FOREVER.
>> AND WERE THERE PERIODS OF
TIME WHEN YOU WERE NOT USING
OPIOIDS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THE SAME QUESTION WITH REGARD
TO MR. FLOYD.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
>> WERE THERE TIMES WHEN YOU
KNEW THAT HE WAS USING OPIOIDS
MORE THAN BY PRESCRIPTION?
>> YES.
>> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> YES.
>> AND WHEN YOU WEREN’T USING,
YOU KNOW, PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS,
YOU KNOW, WHERE DID YOU GET
THEM?
>> OFF THE STREET.
>> OKAY.
>> ON THE BLACK MARKET.
>> AND YOU KNEW THAT HE WAS
DOING THAT AS WELL?
>> YES.
>> AND TURNING YOUR ATTENTION
TO -- WELL, LET ME ASK THIS.
YOU WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP FOR
NEARLY THREE YEARS?
>> YES.
>> AND DID THIS USE OF OPIOIDS
BEYOND EVEN PRESCRIPTIONS SORT
OF CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THAT
THREE-YEAR PERIOD FOR MR. FLOYD?
>> YES.
>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SAW
YOURSELF AND WERE AWARE OF?
>> YES.
>> I NEED TO ASK THE SAME
QUESTION OF YOU.
DID YOU STRUGGLE USING DURING
THAT ENTIRE PERIOD?
>> YES.
>> AND WERE THERE TIMES WHEN YOU
WOULD USE TOGETHER?
>> YES.
>> AND FOR WHAT YOU SAW
MR. FLOYD USING, IN WHAT FORM OF