VICKI: THE IMPACT THEY HEROIN
AND KOBE WOULD CRISIS IS HAVING
ON SMALL TOWNS ACROSS THE
COMMONWEALTH IS STAGGERING.
IN BULLITT COUNTY, THE PROBLEM
IS GETTING WORSE.
JENNIFER BAILEYS INVESTIGATES
WHY THE EPIDEMIC IS SO BAD THERE
, AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO HELP.
JENNIFER IT'S A PLACE WHERE
LIFE IS SIMPLE.
NEIGHBORS HELP EACH OTHER AND
EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYONE.
BUT THERE'S A GROWING EPIDEMIC
IN BULLITT COUNTY THAT'S TAKING
LIVES AND CHANGING THE FACE OF
>> IT'S LIKE A WAR ZONE OUT
HERE.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS GOING TO
DIE NEXT.
IT'S TAKING LIVES LEFT AND
RIGHT.
JENNIFER: JEFFREY KINSER GREW UP
IN BULLITT COUNTY.
AT 11 YEARS OLD, HE STARTED
USING DRUGS.
>> BY THE TIME I WAS 18 YEARS
OLD, THESE GREEN PILLS STARTED
COMING AROUND.
THESE OXYCONTIN.
JENNIFER: SOON, HIS ADDICTION
EXPLODED.
>> BY FIANCE CALLED MY PAROLE
OFFICER.
AT THE TIME, I HATED HER WHEN
SHE DID IT.
NOW I THANK HER FOR IT.
JENNIFER JANUARY MARK TWO YEARS
SOBER FOR HIM.
NOW HE'S FIGHTING FOR FRIENDS
AND NEIGHBORS BATTLING
ADDICTION.
THE FACE OF ADDICTION IS GETTING
YOUNGER.
>> FIVE YEARS AGO I WOULD TELL
YOU ABOUT 35 TO 40 OUR AVERAGE
AGE, RIGHT NOW IT IS 18 TO 22.
JENNIFER: ANTHONY IS ONE OF JUST
A FEW DRUG AND ALCOHOL
COUNSELORS IN THE COUNTY.
HE SAYS IT'S NOT EASY TO FGHT
ADDICTION IN A SMALL COMMUNITY.
>> THE BAD THING ABOUT A SMALL
TOWN IS THEY CAN'T OVERCOME T
STIGMA, OR THEIR PAST.
JENNIFER: IN 2014, BULLITT
COUNTY SPENT AROUND $800 ON
NARCAN, THE DRUG TO REVERSE AN
OVERDOSE.
IN 2015, IT WAS $7,600.
IN 2016, THE COST WAS $16,400.
BUDGETARY LEE, IT PUTS A
STRAIN ON US.
WE TRANSPORT OUT OF THE COUNTY.
YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A TRUCK TO
RETURN THE SERVICE AN HOUR,
SOMETIMES MORE.
JENNIFER: ANTHONY POINTS OUT THE
PEOPLE BEING TREATED ON THESE
EMERGENCY RUNS, PEOPLE ADDICTED
TO CARE WHEN AND OPIOIDS, MAY
NOT BE THE YOU EXPECT.
IF WE WERE TO POLL THE
AUDIENCE AND ASK THEM WHAT KIND
OF PERSON BECOMES ADDICTED, WE
ARE GOING TO GET STUFF LIKE
POOR, UNEDUCATED, WEAK WILLED,
DEPRESSED.
WE HAD NURSES, DOCTORS, POLICE
OFFICERS, ATTORNEYS, A JUDGE.
IT SEEMS TO BE THE LOW
SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS PEOPLE THAT
ARE SOME DOUBT IN THE LINE --
THAT ARE THUMBED OUT IN THE
LINE.
VICKI: IN SHELBY COUNTY, THEY'VE
ALSO SEEN A HUGE SPIKE IN THE
HEROIN PROBLEM.
JULIE DOLAN HAS THE STORY OF A
LIFE LOST WAY TOO SOON AND THE
EFFORT TO CHANGE LIVES BY
SHARING IT.
>> HE WAS SITTING IN THAT CORNER
WITH HIS LEGS OUT.
YET LOCKED HIMSELF IN THE
BATHROOM.
JULIE: EVERYTHING IS EXACTLY HOW
HE LEFT IT.
HIS PANTS STILL FOLDED NEATLY ON
THE BED.
BUT BENJAMIN DOMINQUEZ ISN'T
COMING HOME.
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
BENJAMIN'S LIFE WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO END LIKE THIS.
UNFORTUNATELY, HEROIN HAD THE
FINAL SAY.
>>'S HEAD WAS HERE, AND HIS BODY
WAS DANGLING THROUGH HERE.
THEY WERE DOING CPR.
HE HAD VOMITED, AND SOMEBODY HAD
TO TAKE SOME OUT OF THE CARPET.
MY BROTHER KICKED THE DOOR IN.
THAT'S WHEN THEY FOUND HIM.
HIS BODY WAS STILL WARM.
JULIE: A MOTHER'S PERVASIVE PAIN
IS EVIDENT AS SHE RECALLS THE
DAY.
WENDY DOMINQUEZ WAS WORKING HER
NORMAL SHIFT AT SHELBY COUNTY
HOSPITAL AS AN E.R. NURSE, WHEN
SHE HEARD THE CALL.
>> 1700 CHARLESTOWN WAY,
UNRESPONSIVE, UNCONSCIENCE
PATIENT, PROBABLE DRUG OVERDOSE.
I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD.
THAT'S MY HOUSE.
THAT'S MY SON.
JULIE: HER SON WAS JUST
19-YEARS-OLD.
BENJAMIN, SHE SAYS, WAS THE KIND
OF KID WHO HAD IT ALL.
>> HE WAS AN ABSOLUTE JOY.
JULIE: BENJAMIN WAS A SOLID
STUDENT UNTIL HE STARTED SMOKING
MARIJUANA HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR.
WENDY SAYS HER SWEET BOY BECAME
A DIFFERENT PERSON.
MARIJUANA LED TO SPICE, FOLLOWED
BY PILLS, AND FINALLY HEROIN.
BY THE AGE OF 19, BENJAMIN HAD
MADE TWO ATTEMPTS AT REHAB AND
WAS CLEAN FOR A GOOD PORTION OF
TIME.
BUT THE PAIN OF LOSING HIS BEST
FRIEND IN A CAR CRASH DROVE HIM
BACK TO HEROIN.
WENDY'S LIST OF WHAT IF'S IS NOW
A MILE LONG.
>> ONLY IF I KNEW MY COMMUNITY
RESOURCE NUMBERS.
ONLY IF I DIDN'T FEEL ALONE IN
MY STRUGGLE WITH BENJAMIN AND
DRUGS.
JULIE: WENDY IS NOW LEARNING SHE
WASN'T ALONE IN HER DESPERATE
SITUATION.
IN FACT, THE ENTIRE COUNTY IS
DEALING WITH IT.
>> I WANTED TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE
BIT FIRST.
JULIE:.
KELLY MCNEW IS THE DIRECTOR OF
SHELBY PREVENTION.
SHE HOLDS TOWN HALL MEETINGS
LIKE THIS ONE, TO GET THE
CONVERSATION GOING ABOUT HEROIN.
>> IT HITS HEAVY WHEN IT AT
HOME.
IT AFFECTS SO MANY PEOPLE, SO
MANY FAMILIES.
JULIE: CONCERNED PEOPLE SHOW UP
TO TALK OPENLY ABOUT A PROBLEM
THEY CAN'T DENY.
CASI MUDD IS HERE TO SHOW HER
SUPPORT FOR ADDICTS OF ALL
KINDS.
HER ADDICTION STORY STARTED AT
BIRTH.
>> I WAS BORN TO A FATHER WHO
WAS AN ALCOHOLIC.
WHEN I CAME AROUND, HE WAS STILL
ACTIVELY TRACKING.
JULIE: IN AN EFFORT TO KNOW HIS
DAUGHTER BETTER, CASI'S DAD
STARTED TAKING HER TO AA
MEETINGS AROUND THE AGE OF 11.
HE WANTED HER TO LEARN EARLY ON.
>> IT DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE.
RICH, POOR, DOESN'T MATTER WHERE
THEY LIVE.
JULIE: THEY TAUGHT HER THAT REAL
LIFE STORIES OF ADDICTION NEED
TO BE SHARED.
WHEN THE NUMBER OF OPIATE
RELATED DEATHS IN SHELBY COUNTY
W YEARS TIME, SHE DECIDED TO
TAKE ACTION THROUGH A FACEBOOK
PAGE TITLED TRIAL TO TESTIMONY
, THE FACES OF ADDICTION.
SHE IS TELLING THE STORIES OF
LOCAL HEROIN ADDICTS
WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK,
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND
DESPERATE PLEAS FOR HELP CAME
FLOODING IN.
>> WE HAD PEOPLE ASKING FOR
RESOURCES, ASKING TO SHARE THEIR
STORIES.
IT WAS OVERWHELMING.
JULIE: CASI'S FIRST POST
CENTERED AROUND BENJAMIN
DOMINQUEZ WHO'S STORY SPREAD
, LIKE WILDFIRE.
WHILE CASI ADMITS SHE DOESN'T
HAVE A MAGIC ANSWER FOR CURBING
THE HEROIN PROBLEM, SHE KNOWS
HER WORK IS A GOOD START.
>> NO ONE WAKES UP AND SAYS THEY
WANT TO BE AN ADDICT.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
THERE'S A STORY THAT GETS THEM
THERE.
JULIE: JUST LIKE JULIE PALMER,
WHO NEVER DREAMED SHE WOULD BE
TALKING ABOUT A CROWD TO HER
SON'S DEATH.
>> THEN WOULD WANT THIS.
HE WOULD MOMMY TO SHARE HIS
STORY.
IF THERE IS ANY HOPE HE CAN HELP
SOMEONE ELSE NOT TO USE DRUGS IN
THE FIRST PLACE WERE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT HEROIN CAN
ACTUALLY DO TO YOU.
VICKI: ONE OF THE FIRST WEAPONS
EXPERTS SAY WE CAN USE IN THE
WAR ON ADDICTION IS KNOWLEDGE.
KNOWING THE SIGNS YOUR LOVED ONE
MAY BE IN TROUBLE IS CRITICAL.
HERE ARE A FEW SIGNS TO TAKE
NOTICE OF.
CHANGES IN SKIN COMPLEXION,
INCREASED TIME SLEEPING,
DECREASE IN PHYSICAL HYGIENE,
SUDDEN CHANGES IN WORK OR SCHOOL
PERFORMANCE, LYING OR DECEPTIVE
BEHAVIOR, INCREASED HOSTILITY,
AND REPEATED STEALING OR ASKING
FOR MONEY.
WE HOPE YOU TAKE THIS
INFORMATION, DISCUSS IT, AND
PASS IT ON.
WE CAN ALL HELP BY BEING
EDUCATED ABOUT THIS CRISIS.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS
STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION, GO TO
WLKY.COM OR OUR MOBILE APP, AND
CLICK ON STATE OF ADDICTION.
FOR WLKY, I'M VICKI DORTCH.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
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