ANNOUNCER: THIS IS A WLKY
SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO
DIE NEXT.
ANNOUNCER: "STATE OF ADDICTION."
>> IT'S AFFECTING EVERYBODY,
PEOPLE IN MILLION-DOLLAR HOMES
WITH DRUG OVERDOSE.
ANNOUNCER: A FAR REACHING
EPIDEMIC WITH A DANGEROUS TOLL.
>> YOU HAVE A -- IN A 30 PERIOD
-- IN A 30 DAY PERIOD, EIGHT
PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE DIED.
VICKI: WELCOME TO "STATE OF
ADDICTION."
I'M VICKI DORTCH.
HEROIN AND OPIOID ADDICTION IS
BECOMING MORE PREVALENT ACROSS
THE NATION AND ESPECIALLY HERE
AT HOME.
ITS IMPACT IS FAR REACHING,
HITTING ALL AGE GROUPS,
ETHNICITIES, AND ECONOMIC
BACKGROUNDS.
IN MANY CASES, IT'S SOMETHING
YOU WOULD NEVER EXPECT -- IT'S
SOMEONE YOU WOULD NEVER EXPECT
HAS A PROBLEM.
KENTUCKY RANKS THIRD IN THE
COUNTRY FOR THE MOST OVERDOSE
DEATHS, TIED WITH OHIO.
ONLY WEST VIRGINIA AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE HAVE MORE ACCORDING TO
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES.
THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC IS HITTING
THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE
PARTICULARLY HARD.
OUR CITY IS SEEING A RECORD
NUMBER OF OVERDOSE CALLS IN 2017
, INCLUDING A STRETCH OF 52 OD'S
IN JUST 32 HOURS IN FEBRUARY.
AS EMILY MAHER EXPLAINS THE
SPIKE HAS METRO EMERGENCY CREWS
SCRAMBLING TO KEEP UP.
EMILY: OVERDOSE CALLS ARE ON THE
RISE IN THE METRO.
>> OVERDOSES KNOW NO BOUNDARIES.
THEY CAN BE IN ANY AREA OF THE
CITY.
EMILY: LOUISVILLE IS SEEING A
RECORD NUMBER OF OVERDOSE CALLS
IN 2017.
EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDED TO 6
CALLS IN JANUARY, AND A
STAGGERING 868 CALLS IN
FEBRUARY.
AT LEAST 75 DEATHS HAVE BEEN
ATTRIBUTED TO DRUG OVERDOSES IN
THE FIRST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS
OF THE YEAR.
>> OVERDOSES ARE UNPREDICTABLE.
EMILY: EMS RESPONDS TO OVERDOSE
CALLS AT HOMES, HOTELS, AND EVEN
BUSY INTERSECTIONS.
IN FEBRUARY, THE PASSENGER IN
THIS TRUCK FATALLY OVERDOSED,
THE DRIVER OD'D AND PASSED OUT
, CAUSING A CRASH AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HURSTBOURNE
PARKWAY AND WESTPORT ROAD.
HOURS AFTER THE CRASH, A CALL TO
A RALLY'S BATHROOM WHERE ANOTHER
PERSON OVERDOSED.
MITCHELL BURMEISTER WITH
LOUISVILLE EMS SAYS THE METRO IS
IN THE MIDST OF AN EPIDEMIC.
>> THERE IS NO PART OF TOWN THAT
IT AFFECTS MORE THAN ANY OTHER.
IT TRULY IS AN UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION THAT IS AFFECTING OUR
ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE ARE UNFORTUNATELY EXPOSED
TO IT, NO MATTER WHO OR WHERE
YOU ARE.
EMILY: LOUISVILLE FIRST
RESPONDERS GO TO AN AVERAGE OF
20 OVERDOSES A DAY.
DURING THE WEEK LONG SPIKE IN
FEBRUARY, THE CALLS DOUBLED.
HEALTH OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE
INCREASE IS DUE TO THE SYNTHETIC
OPIOID FENTANYL.
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE
STREETS RIGHT NOW IS FENTANYL
MIXED WITH HEROIN, AS OPPOSED TO
HEROIN MIXED WITH FENTANYL.
EMILY: HEROIN IS UNPREDICTABLE.
OFFICIALS SAY A DOSE CAN BE
DIFFERENT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
>> SOMEONE COULD HAVE TAKEN IT
MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PAST, AND
THIS CERTAIN DOSE COULD LEAD TO
AN OVERDOSE.
EMILY: ON THIS RUN, FIRST
RESPONDERS GAVE THE PATIENT
NARCAN AND RUSHED THE PATIENT TO
THE HOSPITAL.
AND THIS SCENE IS REPEATED OVER
EMERGENCY CREWS ON THE RUN,
SCRAMBLING TO KEEP UP WITH THIS
GROWING EPIDEMIC.
>> ANY INCREASE IN CALLS IS
GOING TO PLAY A FACTOR IN
FATIGUE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
IT'S TOUGH TO SEE DAY AND AND
DAY OUT THAT YOU'RE MAKING
MULTIPLE OVERDOSE RUNS IN ONE
SHIFT.
YOU MIGHT BE MAKING MULTIPLE ON
THE SAME PATIENT.
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
VICKI: IT'S NOT JUST EMERGENCY
CREWS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WI
THE OVERDOSE CALLS.
THE WORKLOAD FOR LOUISVILLE
METRO'S HOMICIDE UNIT HAS
SKYROCKETED.
DETECTIVES RESPOND TO EACH
OVERDOSE DEATH, AND AS CHRISTINA
MORA EXPLAINS, NARCOTICS
OFFICERS, AND IN SOME CASES
FEDERAL AGENTS, ARE NOW
RESPONDING TOO.
>> WE'VE BEEN IN MILLION-DOLLAR
HOMES WITH A DRUG OVERDOSE AND
ON AN ALLEY.
IT'S AFFECTING EVERYBODY.
CHRISTINA: LIEUTENANT EMILY
MCKINLEY AND LMPD'S HOMICIDE
UNIT ARE DEALING WITH A
STAGGERING NUMBER OF OVERDOSE
DEATHS IN 2017.
BY MID MARCH, HER UNIT RESPONDED
TO NEARLY 80 SUSPECTED DEADLY
OVERDOSES.
THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, THAT
NUMBER WAS 38.
NOW, THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION AND LMPD'S
NARCOTICS DETECTIVES ARE JUMPING
IN TO HELP.
THE GOAL IS TO TRACK DOWN THE
DEALERS.
>> AS DEA AGENTS, WE'RE
TYPICALLY WORKING THE HIGHEST
LEVEL TRAFFICKER WE CAN FIND.
BECAUSE OF THIS EPIDEMIC, WE'VE
HAD TO RETHINK THE WAY WE'RE
DOING THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHAT PART OF THIS
STRATEGY IS.
WE'RE HAVING TO MIX THINGS UP.
WE'RE ACTUALLY TARGETING THAT
FIRST LINE DISTRIBUTOR, WHICH IS
SOMETHING A LITTLE UNUSUAL FOR
US.
CHRISTINA: THE DEA'S 360
STRATEGY PILOT PROGRAM KICKED
OFF LAST YEAR IN FOUR CITIES,
LOUISVILLE, PITTSBURGH, ST.
LOUIS, MILWAUKEE.
LOUISVILLE IS CONSIDERED A
PRIORITY.
THROUGH THE INITIATIVE,
NARCOTICS DETECTIVES AND
SOMETIMES DEA AGENTS WILL NOW
RESPOND TO OVERDOSE SCENES.
THEY'RE ON THE HUNT FOR CLUES
THAT WILL LEAD THEM BACK TO THE
SUPPLIER.
>> WE HAVE STARTED TO STREAMLINE
HOW WE DO OVERDOSE DEATHS,
BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING WIT
NARCOTICS UNIT NOW.
THE NARCOTICS UNIT HAS COME ON
BOARD TO WHERE IF WE RESPOND TO
AN OVERDOSE DEATH, AND WE FEEL
MAYBE WE CAN IDENTIFY WHO
MAYBE PROVIDED THE DRUGS, WE'LL
CONTACT A NARCOTICS DETECTIVE.
>> NARCOTICS IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE
MINUTIA, THE SMALL THINGS.
A SCRAP OF PAPER WITH A NAME OR
TELEPHONE NUMBER ON IT.
IT'S ABOUT THE TYPE OF SYRINGE
SOMEONE WAS USING.
THAT TELLS US ABOUT WHERE THEY
ARE GETTING IT FROM.
CHRISTINA: DETECTIVES SAY THOSE
CLUES HELPED LEAD TO THE ARREST
OF SUSPECTED DEALER LOGAN
SILLIMAN IN SOUTH LOUISVILLE.
POLICE SAY HE SOLD HEROIN TO A
MAN IN DECEMBER.
THAT MAN LATER OVERDOSED AND
DIED.
>> WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE LEAD
HOMICIDE EFFECTIVE.
WE MADE THE SCENE, THAT THE
FAMILY.
THAT CASE IS ONE WHERE
EVERYTHING KIND OF ALIGNED.
CHRISTINA: SILLIMAN HAS BEEN
INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF
SELLING HEROIN THAT CAUSED A
DEADLY OVERDOSE.
IT'S AN UNPRECEDENTED CHARGE FOR
OUR REGION, AND IT CARRIES A
20-YEAR SENTENCE WITH NO CHANCE
OF PAROLE.
>> GOING INTO THIS, I DON'T
THINK ANY OF US ANTICIPATED HOW
EMOTIONAL IT COULD BE.
IT'S HARD.
CHRISTINA: AUTHORITIES SAY 80%
OF THE SUSPECTED OVERDOSE DEATHS
IN 2017 HAVE BEEN LIKELY FROM
FENTANYL, A SYNTHETIC OPIOID
THAT DEALERS USE TO CUT HEROIN,
TO MAKE IT STRONGER AND CHEAPER.
THIS IS A -- >> THIS IS A STIFF,
SIGNIFICANT PENALTY THAT CAN
COME WITH TRAFFICKING A VERY
SMALL AMOUNT OF HEROIN, BUT THE
PROBLEM IS THAT SMALL AMOUNT O
HEROIN IS KILLING SOMEBODY'S SON
OR DAUGHTER.
THOSE SENTENCES MAY BE STIFF,
BUT THESE GUYS NEED TO KNOW
THOSE SENTENCES ARE OUT THERE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO PEDDLE THIS
POISON, WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU,
AND IF WE CATCH YOU, THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT HAMMER.
VICKI: AND WHILE POLICE AND
FEDERAL AGENTS FIGHT THE ISS
ON THE STREETS, MANY ARE
BATTLING ADDICTION AT HOME,
OFTENTIMES IN SILENCE.
NEARLY 5 MILLION AMERICANS ARE
ADDICTED TO PRESCRIPTION PILLS,
A 300% INCREASE SINCE 1999.
THE FACE OF ADDICTION IS GETTING
YOUNGER.
ERIC KING LOOKS AT THE PAINFUL
REALITY THROUGH THE EYES OF A
PARENT WHO LOST HIS SON TO
ADDICTION.
>> AS I STARTED TO WALK
UPSTAIRS, MY HEART FELL WITH
EACH STEP I WOULD TAKE.
I JUST GOT A BAD FEELING.
AS AGAINST THE TOP OF THE STAIRS
AND WALKED INTO HIS BEDROOM, I
OPENED THE DOOR AND COULD SEE
HIS FEET AND HOW PALE WHITE THEY
LOOK.
I LOST IT AND ASKED MY WIFE TO
CALL 911.
I PULLED MY SUNDOWN DOWN ON THE
FLOOR AND TRY TO GET HIM CPR.
I TRY FOR ABOUT 15 OR 20
MINUTES.
BY THE TIME THEY GOT THERE.
THEY TOOK OVER.
MY WIFE AND ME WERE DEVASTATED.
THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WE
COULD DO FOR HIM, AND WE BOTH
LOST IT.
ERIC: GREG ALLEN WAS 27 YEARS
OLD.
HE DIED IN DECEMBER 2016, JUST A
FEW WEEKS SHY OF HIS BIRTHDAY.
ALTHOUGH HIS DRUG STRUGGLE ENDED
WITH HEROIN, HIS DAD KEN SAYS,
IT DIDN'T START THERE,
>> IN HIS SENIOR YEAR, IT WAS WE
DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD STARTED USING
THE PAIN PILLS.
>> NO KID, NO INDIVIDUAL GOES
INTO HAVING HER FIRST DRINK OR
SMOKING MARIJUANA AND SAYING I'M
GOING TO TRY HEROIN.
NOBODY SAYS THAT.
ERIC: PRISCILLA MACINTOSH IS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE MORTEN CENTER IN
LOUISVILLE WHICH WORKS TO HELP
REHAB AND CURB DRUG ADDICTION,
AND RIGHT NOW, CIRCUMSTANC
HAVE FORCED THEM TO FOCUS ON
GENES.
>> WE'VE HAD CALLS WHERE
ELEMENTARY KIDS ARE CRUSHING OF
SWEET TARTS AND SNORTING THEM UP
THEIR NOSE.
THERE'S THE SCENARIO WHERE WE
HAD ADOLESCENTS WHO MAY BE OUR
DRINKING, SMOKING MARIJUANA, AND
USING PRESCRIPTION PILLS.
THEY ARE TESTING THE WATERS.
WITH THAT, MAYBE THEY GET IN
TROUBLE.
THE PARENTS ARE REALIZING THERE
IS SOMETHING GOING ON.
ERIC: ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MEDICINE,
IN 2015, 276,000 KIDS IN THE
U.S. BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND
17 WERE ABUSING OVER THE COUNTER
PAIN MEDS.
AN ADDITIONAL 122,000 WERE
ADDICTED TO PRESCRIPTION PAIN
MEDS, AND 21,000 KIDS HAD TRIED
ERA WHEN -- HAD TRIED HEROIN,
WITH AN ESTIMATED 5,000 CALLING
THEMSELVES CURRENT USERS.
>> RIGHT NOW IS A HEROIN
EPIDEMIC.
IF WE ARE GOING TO GET OUT, IT
HAS TO START AT A YOUNG AGE.
>> PEOPLE ARE INQUISITIVE.
THE YOUNGER WE ARE, THE MORE
INQUISITIVE WE ARE.
IT'S HOW WE LEARN.
YOU MIGHT TRY SOMETHING THE
FIRST TIME.
HEROIN IS THE ONE THING YOU
CANNOT TRY ONE TIME.
ERIC: FOR KEN, IT'S ABOUT
REPLAYING HIS SON'S LIFE,
TRAVELING THE PAINFUL ROAD OF
CONSTANTLY ASKING IF THERE WAS
SOMETHING MORE HE COULD HAVE
DONE OR SAID THAT WOULD HAVE
CHANGED HIS SONS PASS.
-- HIS SONS PASS.
DESPITE THE DAILY HORROR OF THAT
TREK, IT COMES WITH A SMALL BIT
OF SOLACE KNOWING HIS STORY, HIS
SON'S STORY COULD POTENTIALLY
HELP ANOTHER FAMILY STRUGGLING
WITH ADDICTION OR EVEN CONCERNS
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF IT.
>> THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT GOES
BY THAT WE DON'T SHED TEARS.
HE MEANT THAT MUCH TO US.
I KNOW OTHER FAMILIES ARE GOING
THROUGH THE SAME THING.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY HAVE
TO GO THROUGH THIS.
IT'S PAINFUL.
VICKI: COMING UP NEXT, TRACING
THE ORIGINS OF THE OPIOID
EPIDEMIC.
>> HEROINE, COCAINE, CRANKED.
YOU NAME IT, IT'S HERE.
VICKI: WE WILL TAKE YOU TO A
SMALL EASTERN KENTUCKY TOWN
WHERE PHARMACIES DOMINATE THE
LANDSCAPE, AND ADDICTS ARE
FUELING CRIME.
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