TEMPERATURES COMING UP IN +@A F MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. >>> NO TO SOME TROUBLING NEWS
ABOUT DOCTORS +@PRESCRIBING
OPIOIDS AND THEIR CONNECTION TO
BIG PHARM+@ACEUTICAL COMPANIES.
DOCTORS WHO RECEIVED FREE
LUNCHES AND OTHER PAYMENTS FROM
THE BIG PHARMA TENDED TO
PRESCRIBE MORE PAINKILLERS TO
PATIENTS.
PATIENTS.
PATIENTS. POSITIONS WHO DO NOT GET --
POSITIONS -- PHYSICIANS WHO DID
NOT GET FREE STUFF WERE LESS
LIKELY TO PRESCRIBE OPIOIDS.
THIS IS THE LATEST SIGN OF
INCORPORATE +@INDUSTRY THAT HAS
REALLY GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL.
>>> TODAY WE'VE INVITED PEOPLE
TO KNOW THE IMPACT OF ADDICTION
TO OUR STUD+@IOS HERE AT VICTOR
PARK AND WE HAVE SONIA AZAD ON
THE PLAZA WITH SOME OF THOSE
STORIES TODAY AND SO MANY HAVE
THIS STORY TO TELL BECAUSE IT
JUST AFFECTS SOMEONE PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW IN SO+@CIETY.
>> Reporter: YES, JASON.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY+@ RIGHT.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED
BY THIS OPIOID CRISIS BUT NOT
VERY MANY ARE WILLING TO TALK +@
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. THE FOLKS TODAY+@ HAVE BEEN
GRACES -- GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO
SHARE THEIR STORY.
WE DO HAVE A MEMORIAL BOARD
HERE ON THE PATIO.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE FACES OF
PEOPLE WHO WE HAVE LOST TO THIS
OPIOID CRISIS.
OPIOID CRISIS. +@WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM YOU WIL
SEE ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE, WHICH
IS HEARTBREAKING.
IS HEARTBREAKING. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO A
MOTHER WHO LOST +@HER DAUGHTER
SUZANNE.
SUZANNE.
SUZANNE. YOU SAID SHE WENT BY INGRID.
>> SHE REALLY DID.
SHE LEFT HER MIDDLE NAME
INGR+@ID.
INGR+@ID.
INGR+@ID. >> Reporter: TELL ME WHEN IT
DID THIS HAPPEN AND WHAT WAS
HER STORY?
HER STORY? >> HER STORY WAS THAT SHE
ALWAYS FELT LIKE PEOPLE THAT
WERE USERS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
PROBLEMS HAD A LOT OF
DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR LIVES AND
+@
DIFFICULTIES IN THEIR LIVES AND HAD INJURIES AND HAD STARTED
TAKING OPIOIDS AND ENDE P
GOING TO THE STREE FOR THAT.
SHE WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE.
SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
THEI+@R LIVES AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE I HAVE SOME
STIGMA BACK THE+@N.
WE ARE FIGHTING THAT NOW.
SHE JUST DIED ON FEBRUARY 7,
2017.
2017.
2017. IT
2017. IT WAS AN OVERDOSE.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU WANT
PARENTS TO KNOW WHO MIGHT R
TO BE PROTECTING THEIR CHILD
RIGHT NOW?+@
RIGHT NOW?+@ >> THEY NEED TO KNOW THA+@T WHE
THEY ENT+@ER A CERTAIN GRADE, A
MAYBE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THINGS
BEGIN TO CHANGE WITH PEER
PRESSURE BEGINNING IN QUITE A
BIG WAY AND THEN THEY ARE
ENTERING INTO HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY ARE VERY IMPRESSIONABLE
+@ AND PEER PRESSURE.
AND SOME PEOPLE WILL PREY ON
THAT AGE GROUP.
>> Reporter: I WANT TO BRING IN
JAMES, WHO IS A BOARD MEMBER.
WHAT IS THE KEY MESSAGE THAT
YOU WANT TO GET OUT TO FOLKS
RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW? >> THE KEY HERE IS PREVENTION
DOES WORK.
DOES WORK. WE HAVE STATES PURSUING DRUG
+@
+@ LEGALIZATION AT THE SAME TIME
AND MOST OF THOSE WE ARE LOSING
OFFER RECREATIONAL USE.
THIS ORGANIZATION GIVES THOSE +@
KIDS THE+@ TOOLS THAT THEY NEED
TO TRY TO MAKE BETTER
DECISIONS.
DECISIONS. IT IS ABOUT KEEPING THEM FROM
MAKING THOSE DECISIONS THAT
TAKE THEM DOWN THE PATH OF
DESTRUCTION.
DESTRUCTION. >> WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
WORK THAT YOU ARE D+@OING.
IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO +@HEL
GO TO WWW.WFAA.COM/PAIN TO
DONATE TO DRUG PREVENTION
RESOURCES AND WE ARE SPEAKING
TO DOCTORS ON FACEBOOK LIVE
ABOUT CHRONIC PA+@IN.
>> THANK YOU, SONIA . SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS.
THIS MIGHT ENCOURAGE THEM