BIG
BIG TIME
BIG TIME HEAT BY TUESDAY. LESLI.
LESLI.
LESLI. >>> ACCORDING TO THE CDC, EVERY
DAY MORE THAN 115 PEOPLE DIE 4@
FROM AN OPIOID OVERDOSE.
THERE'S NO ONE SOLUTION TO THE
OPIOID CRISIS.
OPIOID CRISIS. BUT A LOCAL DOCTOR BELIEVES IT
STARTS WITH PHYSICIANS ADOPTING
BUT A LOCAL DOCTOR BELIEVES IT STARTS WITH PHYSICIANS ADOPTING@
A DIFFERENT MIND SET.
SEEING OPIOID ABUSE NOT AS A
MORAL FAILING BUT A 4@CHRONIC
ILLNESS THAT CAN 4@RESPOND 4@TO
TREATMENT.
TREATMENT. >> ADDICTION WASN'T PART OF
LINDA'S LIFE 4@PLAN GROWING UP @
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. BUT IT TOOK HOLD OF HER ONCE
SHE STARTED USING DRUGS TO EASE
THE PAIN OF REPEATED PHYSICAL
ABUSE, TEEN ALCOHOLISM AND 4@
BEING HOMELESS BY THE AGE 22.
>> I 4@WENT FROM ALCOHOL TO --
CRACK COCAINE.
CRACK COCAINE. FROM 4@CRACK COCAINE TO HEROIN.
>> THE ADDICTION HAD SUCH A
HOLD ON HER THAT NOT EVEN A
NEAR FATAL KIDNEY AILMENT
STOPPED HER FROM USING.
>> I DIDN'T CARE.
I JUST KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT MADE4@ 4@ME FEEL GOOD.
>> LINDA'S DOWNWARD SPIRAL CAME
TO AN END ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO
WITH HELP FROM A KIDNEY SUPPORT
GROUP 4@AND ADDICTION SPECIALIS
>> HE WAS JUST REAL SUPPORTIVE.
HE UNDERSTOOD I 4@COULD TALK TO
>> HE WAS JUST REAL SUPPORTIVE. HE UNDERSTOOD I 4@COULD TALK TO@
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. >>
HIM. >> DR. CHAPMAN HAD HEARD
STORIES LIKE LINDA'S MANY TIMES
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. HE SEES IT NOT AS A MORAL 4@
FAILING BUT A MORE COMPLEX
PSYCHOLOGICAL ILLNESS. 4@
>> SO BEING HOMELESS, GROWING
UP IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH NO
ELECTRICITY OR WITH VIOLENCE4@
THE HOME, ALL OF THAT WE
CONSIDER TOXIC STRESS.
YOU HAVE ALL YOUR
PRESCRIPTIONS.
PRESCRIPTIONS. THE CURRENT EPIDEMIC IS
PRIMARILY STARTED WITH
PRESCRIPTION 4@MEDICATIONS.
PRESCRIPTION 4@MEDICATIONS. BUT OUR EPIDEMIC REALLY STARTED
WITH STREET DRUGS.
>> THE OUR DR. CHAPMAN IS
TALKING ABOUT IS AFRICAN-
AMER4@ICANS LIVING IN INNER
CITIES.
CITIES.
CITIES. HE SAYS THEY'RE NOW DYING AT A
FASTER RATE FROM OPIOID ABUSE
THAN WHITES IN RURAL AMERICA
WHERE THE CRISIS BEGAN.
IN THE DISTRICT LAST YE4@AR
NEARLY 80% OF OPIOID OVERDOSE
DEATHS WERE AMONG BLACK MEN 4@I
WARDS 7 AND 8. THE KILLER WAS
FENTANYL.
FENTANYL.
FENTANYL. >> WE 4@HAD A RELATIVELY STABLE
GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO KNEW
WHAT THEY WERE -- PRETTY MUCH
KNEW WHAT THEY WERE4@ TAKING WI
THE HEROIN THAT WAS OUT THERE.
BUT NOW WITH THIS ADDED
SYNTHETIC THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE GETTING.
THEY'RE GETTING. 4@WE'VE HAD, AS YOU KNOW, FOR 5
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. BUT IT WAS A MORAL PROBLEM.
NOW THAT IT'S IMPACTED THE
LARGER COMMUNITY IT'S
RECOGNIZED AS A DISEASE.
>> AND DR4@. CHAPMAN TREATS
ADDICTION LI4@KE ANY OTHER
4@DISEASE OR CHRONIC ILLNESS,
WITH MEDICATION.
WITH MEDICATION. HE IS DEA CERTIFIED TO
PRESCRIBE -- IT BLOCKS THE
EFFECTS OF OPIOIDS.
>> WE'RE SEEING A 78% ONE YEAR
RETENTION RATE, WHICH IS
EXTRAORDINARY.
EXTRAORDINARY. >> DESIRAE A RECOVERING ADDICT
WHO ONCE SERVED TIME FOR
SELLING DRUGS SAYS SA4@BOXONE
PLUS COUNSELING HAS KEPT HER
CLEAN AND SOBER.
>> I'M VERY HAPPY.
I'M FOCUSED.
I'M FOCUSED. I KNOW WHAT I WANT IN LIFE.
>> DR. CHAPMAN CAN ONLY
PRESCRIBE THE 4@DRUG TO 275
PATIENTS ANNUALLY BECAUSE OF
FEDERAL PROVIDER TREATMENT CAPS
TO AVOID ILLICIT USE.
BUT RECOVERY AT HIS NORTHEAST
CLINIC IS MORE THAN JUST
TREATING SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
IT ALSO SERVES AS A GATEWAY FOR
PATIENTS TO REGULARLY ACCESS
CRITICAL HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL
SERVICES NEEDS EVEN THROUGH
TELEMEDICINE.
TELEMEDICINE. >> IT'S REALLY CONNECTING THE
DOTS AND 4@REALLY DOING WHAT
WE'RE SAYING THE DIAGNOSIS IS.
IT'S A CHRONIC DISEASE.
IT'S TREATABLE.
IT'S TREATABLE. WE DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER IN THIS
MANNER.
MANNER.
MANNER. >> DR. CHAPMAN'S TREATMENT IS
COVERED BY MEDICAID AND
MEDICARE.
MEDICARE.
MEDICARE. HIS PATIENT AFTER 30 YEARS ON 4@
DRUG IS NOW A PURE NAVIGATOR.