>>JENNIFER WAUGH: JACKSONVILLE FIRST RESPONDERS SAY THEY HAVE SEEN AN ALARMING INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
OVERDOSED LAST MONTH IT
RESPONDED TO 436 CALLS JFRD
THAT’S A 20% INCREASE
FROM FEBRUARY. TAKING A LOOK AT
THIS MAP, THOSE BLUE BARS ON
THE LEFT REPRESENT 2019 THE
ORANGE BARS ON THE RIGHT
REPRESENT
THIS YEAR. AND AS YOU CAN SEE
THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN
OVERDOSES EVERY SINGLE WEEK OF
MARCH COMPARED TO THE SAME
MONTH
LAST YEAR. DOCTOR BRYAN JACKSON
IS A CLINICAL DIRECTOR AT
GREENFIELD CENTER OUTPATIENT
ADDICTION TREATMENT IS JOINING
US THIS MORNING VIA ZOOM DOCTOR
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US
APPRECIATE IT. GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON SO
THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER AND
HERE IN OUR AREA SAYS IT’S TOO
SOON TO KNOW IF THE OVERDOSE
INCREASES HAPPENING FOR MAYBE
STAY AT HOME ORDERS FROM THE
CLOSING OF SOME DOCTORS OFFICES
OR MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT YOU KNOW WE LISTEN TO THE
FIRE CHIEF YESTERDAY SUGGESTING
THAT HE THINKS PEOPLE MAY BE
TURNING TO STREET DRUGS
BECAUSE THEY CAN’T MANAGE THEIR
PAIN WAS SO MANY DOCTORS
OFFICES CLOSED REGARDLESS THE
STATS ARE CERTAINLY HARD
TO IGNORE. HOW MIGHT ISOLATION
IN GENERAL INCREASE, SOMEONE’S
RISK OF OVERDOSING.
>> OH VERY MUCH SO I MEAN IT’S
SO IMPORTANT TO STAY CONNECTED
I MEAN IN GENERAL JUST BECAUSE
OF WHAT WE’RE GOING THROUGH
RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF ISOLATION
CHILDREN PLACE BUT YOU KNOW
ISOLATING
IS NOT IT’S NOT THE IF THERE’S
A LOT OF EUROPE THERE THERE’S
FINANCIAL YOU’RE A SPECIAL
AND SO IT’S IT’S IT’S
DISHEARTENING BECAUSE WE’RE
SEEING A LOT RELAPSES OR SEEING
A LOT OF OVERDOSES. YOU KNOW A
LOT
OF WAYS AND PEOPLE TRYING TO
ESCAPE THE SITUATION, BUT IT’S
A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR
PEOPLE IN EARLY PEOPLE ARE
TRYING TO.
>> THEY RECOVERED FROM THEIR
ADDICTION.
>> BECAUSE I THINK THIS THIS
DISCONNECTION FROM FROM OTHER
PEOPLE OR PEOPLE AND WE’RE IN
RECOVERY
IS DIFFICULT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO ARE THERE
WARNING SIGNS MAY BE THAT
FAMILY MEMBERS COULD COULD PICK
UP ON CONSIDERING HOW HARD IT
IS
TO ACTUALLY SEE THEIR LOVED ONE
PERHAPS NOW PARTICULARLY IF
THEY DON’T LIVE NEARBY.
>> I THINK YOU KNOW A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE CALLING ARE RETURNING PHONE
CALLS THAT THEY’RE LIVING
PERSON
I’M CHELSEA. PERSON TO SHUT
LESS RESPONSIBLE IN TERMS
OF COMMUNICATION. SOME ANGER
OUTBURSTS OF THINGS OF THAT
NATURE TO SOMETHING THAT’S OUT
OF CHARACTER FOR THE PERSON.
YOU DON’T RHYME.
AND POINT TO MAYBE SOME
THINGS UP.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND THIS CAN
BE A VERY DIFFICULT
CONVERSATION IN GENERAL THE
HAVE FACE TO FACE WITH SOMEONE
THAT YOU MAY BE ARE
WORRIED ABOUT. GIVEN THAT NOW
IT’S ABOUT MAYBE FACE TIME
WE’RE MAKING
THAT CALL ARE THERE CERTAIN
QUESTIONS THEN PERHAPS THAT
FAMILY MEMBERS
COULD ASK THAT COULD MAYBE
SIGNAL TO THEM THAT MAYBE THEY
NEED TO TO TO HELP WITH SOME
INTERVENTION.
>> WELL I THINK JUST TO YOU
KNOW AGAIN SINGLE PERSON IS
DOING TRYING TO KEEP THOSE
LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN
WITH THEM. YOU KNOW MAYBE JUST
ASKING FOR YOU KNOW WE HEARD
FROM SOME SORT OF TALK TO
SOMEONE SO.
>> IN TERMS OF FAMILY MEMBERS
FRIENDS AND THINGS TO ENTER
>> YOU KNOW I THINK THE DIRECT
QUESTION YOU KNOW TERMS ARE YOU
SAYING ARE YOU DRINKING TOO
SOMETIMES CAN YOU KNOW.
>> THE PERSON OFF A. YOU KNOW
THERE ARE.
>> SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.
WE ARE YOU KNOW AND TO CONSULT
WITH SOMEBODY OR
ON IT GETS TRACTION ICE
CUSTOMARY OR IS
THERE FOR.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND THAT SAID
RIGHT I MEAN OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE
STILL WORKING YOU’RE YOU’RE
STILL HELPING
YOUR PATIENTS SO THIS COULD BE
AND I HATE TO I HATE TO USE THE
WORD EASY BUT THIS COULD BE AS EASY AS MAKING A CALL THEN AND JUST LIKE WHAT WE’RE DOING NOW
THROUGH ZOOM OR EVEN FACE TIME
THAT YOU COULD REALLY HELP
SOMEONE.
>> WHERE YOU UNFORTUNATELY
WE’RE NOT YOU KNOW WHY PHYSICAL
TOGETHER WITH OUR WITH OUR WITH
THEIR PATIENTS BUT.
AGAIN WE’RE STAYING
IT’S A BIG ADJUSTMENT FOR
EVERYBODY A LOT OF WAYS IT’S
MORE CONVENIENT AMONG YOUNG
PEOPLE
AND CHILDREN. WELL TIMES THEY
CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE DOCTOR AND
MOTHER TO HER HOME AND SO
ZONING ARE SKYPING OR
CALLS ARE ACTUALLY ALWAYS MORE
CONVENIENT
SOMETIMES A FINDING THAT PEOPLE
ARE WE’RE OPENING A IN A
SITUATION LIKE THIS WHERE
THEY’RE WRONG.
A HOME UNABLE TO TALK TO A
DOCTOR OR TO
A COUNSELOR. SO YEAH WE ARE
GOING WELL FOR THE
ACTUAL WORK PREEXISTING
PATIENTS WERE START TO YOU KNOW
THE AMOUNT BASED ON THAT WE’RE
HAVING WITH THEM OR ARE
GOING THROUGH. >>JENNIFER WAUGH: DOCTOR BRYAN JACKSON IS A CLINICAL DIRECTOR
AT GREENFIELD CENTER OUTPATIENT
ADDICTION TREATMENT JOINING US
HERE THIS MORNING DOCTOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I HOPE
THAT IF A STAGED AND THAT THAT
THAT THEY HAVE HEARD FROM YOU
IT ASK QUESTIONS