ANNOUNCER: YOU ARE WATCHING
"CHRONICLE" STATE OF ADDICTION."
MARK: MANY ADDICTS SPEND YEAR
IN AND OUT OF REHAB.
THEIR FUTURE IS DETERMINED BY A
DAILY MINUTE TO MINUTE CHOICE
NOT TO USE.
TIFFANY: I SPOKE WITH A TREASURE
COAST COUPLE WHO BELIEVES ONE OF
THE KEYS TO FIGHTING OPOID ABUSE
IS A CHANCE AT EDUCATION.
>> MY LIFE IS AMAZING.
IT'S A MIRACLE THAT I AM EVEN
SITTING HERE.
I AM A STUDENT AND I AM A PRETTY
GOOD STUDENT.
I AM WORKING TO BECOME A
REGISTER NURSE.
I FEEL BLESSED EVERY SINGLE DAY
I WAKE UP.
>> IT IS A NEW FEELING FOR
JESSIE EWING WHO IS NEARLY THREE
YEARS INTO RECOVERY.
>> I WAS ON A MISSION FO
THE AT A REALLY YOUNG AGE.
I STARTED AT 17, BUT IT DIDN'T
GET REALLY BAD INTO MY MID-20'S.
>> YOUR DRUG OF CHOICE?
>> MY DRUG OF CHOICE WAS HEROIN.
>> AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS
AT REHAB JESSIE'S LIFE TOOK THE
, TURN SHE DESPERATELY NEEDED
WHEN SHE MET JOHN AND ERICA
GARWOOD.
>> I HAD NEVER MET TWO PEOPLE
CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH SU
CLASS AFTER ALL THEY HAD BEEN
THROUGH AND I THOUGHT IF I COULD
GET THROUGH WHAT THEY WENT
THROUGH, HOW CAN I NOT?
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES
AND HE IS WEARING HIS MEDICAL
DOG TAGS.
HE WAS ALSO A TYPE ONE DIABETIC
AND I WEAR IT ALL T TIME, KEEP
HIM CLOSE TO ME.
>> MARKS' JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS
, IF YOU WILL, REALLY STARTED
WHEN HE WAS ASSAULTED AT A
PICKUP BASKETBALL GAME AND HE
SPENT SOME TIME IN THE HOSPITAL
AND THEY PRESCRIBED OXYCONTON
HE WAS OFF TO THE RACES AND FROM
THAT POINT ON HE REALLY STARTED
SPIRALING DOWN.
TIFFAN A TEN-YEAR BATTLE WITH
ADDICTION THAT ENDED NEARLY
THREE YEARS AGO.
>> WE LOST HIM AT AGE WE THOUGHT
24.
HE WAS ON THE RIGHT PATH AND HE
THOUGHT HE WAS ON THE RIGHT
PATH.
WHAT WE'VE COME TO KNOW ABOUT
SUBSTANCE ABUSE THIS IS NOT A
STRAIGHT LINE TO RECOVERY.
HE HAD EVERYTHING GOING FOR
HIM.
>> EVERYTHING GOING FOR HIM.
EVERYTHING.
HE WAS JUST A GREAT GUY AND A
GREAT KID.
TIFFANY: AS THE GARWOODS
REFLECTED ON MARK'S LIFE AND MET
OTHER YOUNG ADULTS STRUGGLIN
WITH ADDICTION THEY DISCOVERED A
, CRITICAL PART OF RECOVERY WAS
MISSING FROM MOST PROGRAMS, A
CHANCE AT AN EDUCATION.
>> IT CHALLENG THEM.
IT BRINGS ON A SENSE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT TIED TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BUILD A CAREER AND REBUILD A
REGAIN A FOOTHOLD ON
DEVELOPING A FUTURE IS SOMETHING
THAT IS CRITICAL.
TIFFANY: THE GARWOODS
ESTABLISHED A FOUNDATION TO
PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THOSE IN
RECOVERY.
WHATEVER YOUR HISTORY HAS
BEEN WITH SCHOOL, WITH THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WE
DON'T CARE.
WE CARE FROM THIS POINT FORWARD,
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU LIVE UP TO
OR FOR FILL A DREAM YOU HAVE?
>> OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF
YEARS WE HAVE GOTTE NINE VERY
WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF HOW THAT
JOURNEY THROUGH EDUCATION IS A
SOLID WA TO MAINTAIN AND BUILD
ON SOBRIETY.
NONE OF THE MONEY GOES TO THE
RECIPIENT.
WE PAY THE SCHOOLS DIRECTLY AND
THEY HAVE TO GIVE US FULL ACCESS
TO THE RECORDS SO I CAN CHECK
ONLINE AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE
GOING TO CLASSES IN DOING WHAT
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO TO PAY.
>>.
HE IS.
>> SO CUTE.
>> IS AND THAT THE CUTEST THING?
JUST PRECIOUS.
THAT MAN WAS MARK'S FAVORITE
SUPERHERO.
WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT
MAN IS THAT HE IS THE ONLY
SUPERHERO WHO DIDN'T HAVE
SUPERPOWER.
HE USED TOOLS AROUND HIM TO
CHANGE DARKNESS INTO LIGHT.
TIFFANY: LIGHT AND LOVE IS WHAT
THE GARWOODS HAVE POURED INTO
THEIR FOUNDATION.
>> IT IS THE ON IMAGINABLE WHEN
YOU LOSE -- UNIGINABLE WHEN
YOU LOSE A CHILD.
IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS A LEGACY
, FOR OUR SON, BUT SOMETHING
JUST TO GET US OUT OF BED,
SOMETHING TO DO SO THAT WE COULD
MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE IT WOULD BE
SO EASY TO NEVER GET OUT OF BED.
IT CARRIED US FOR A VERY LONG
TIME AND STILL DOES.
HOWEVER, NOW WE CAN SEE THE
FRUITS OF THAT.
HAVE NEVER HAD MORE HOPE FOR
MY LIFE AND THERE IS NO BETTER
FEELING THAN THAT, THERE REALLY
ISN'T.
MAKING A GOAL, SETTING IT, AND
ACHIEVIN IT, THERE IS NO BETTER
HIGH THAN THAT.
THAT IS WHERE I GET HIGH NOW.
TIFFANY: LAST MONTH, THE
GARWOODS HELD A FUNDRAISER FOR
THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
THEY'VE ALREADY DONATED MORE
THAN $50,000.
MARK: FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
THE MARK GARWOOD SHARE
FOUNDATION, GO TO WPBF.COM.
YOU WILL GET MORE TIME IN
PRISON IF YOU ARE DEALING IN
FENTANYL.
NOBODY BUT A LICENSED DOCTOR HAS
ANY REASON HAVING FENTANYL.
THESE ARE DRUG DEALERS.
TIFFANY: FLORIDA ATTORNE
GENERAL PAM BONDI PRAISING THE
RECENT PASSAGE OF A BILL ADDIN
--
FENTANYL IS FIFTY TIMES MORE
POWERFUL THAN MORPHINE AND IT IS
BEING CUT WITH OTHER DRUGS AND
SOLD AS EROIN.
IT CAN KILL YOU EVEN IF YOU USE
IT JUST ONE TIME.
THE DEA SAYS CHINA IS THE MA
SOURCE OF THE DRUG THAT'S BEING
SMUGGLED INTO THE U.S. FROM
MEXICO AND CANADA AND OFTEN
MAILED INTO THE COUNTR
MARK: EXPERTS SAY FENTANYL USE
IS LIKELY ON THE RISE BECAUSE
IT'S LUCRATIVE FOR DRUG CARTELS.
A KILOGRAM OF FENTANYL CAN MAK
A $1.6 MILLION PROFIT, COMPARED
TO $80,000 FOR THE SAME AMOUNT
OF HEROIN.
>> ILLICITLY PRODUCED FENTANYL,
A SUBSTANCE MORE POTENT THAN
HEROIN AND INCREASINGLY, PRESSED
INTO PILL FORM T -- BEFORE
BEING SOLD AS PRESCRIPTION
PAINKILLERS.
MARK: FENTANYL IS SO POTENT IT
CAN BE SHIPPED IN SMALL PACKAGES
MAKING IT HARD TO DETECT.
TIFFANY: AMERICA' FAVORITE DR.
HAS STRONG OPINIONS ON OPIOIDS.
MARK: DR. OZ IS POINTING THE
FIGURE -- THE FINGER AT HIS OWN
COLLEAGUES.
DR. OZ SAYS PRESCRIPTI PILLS
STARTED THE CRISIS, NOT CARTELS
AND DRUG LORDS.
FOR FAR TOO LONG, HE SAYS
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES HAVE
MARKETED PRESCRIPTION PILLS
USING A FALSE PROMISE, THE
PROMISE THAT DOCTORS COULD RID
THEIR PATIENCE OF EVERY OUNCE OF
PAIN THEY FELT.
THE FALSE PART, THE PAIN WAS
ONLY MASKE, WHILE QUITE OFTEN,
ADDICTION TOOK OVER.
DR. OZ: FOUR OUT OF FIVE ABUSERS
START WITH PRESCRIPTION PILLS
OFTEN GIVEN BY THE DOCTORS.
NOW THAT WE KNOW THIS IS A
PROBLEM, THE ENTIRE MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION AND ALL THE
COMMUNITIES, THE SURGEON GENERAL
HAVE ALL GOTTEN ON BOARD AND WE
HAVE DRAMATICALLY PULLED BACK.
MARK: INSTEAD OF PRESCRIBI
OPIOIDS FIRST, DR. OZ, WHO IS A
PRACTICING HEART SURGEON, SAYS
HE RECOGNIZED - RECOMMENDS
EXERCISE, SLEEP, EVEN MEDITATION
BEFORE GOING TO PRESCRIPTION
PILL ROUTE.
IN ORDER TO TRULY GET OUR HANDS
AROUND THE EPIDEMIC THAT AFFEC
20 MILLION AMERICANS, DR. OZ
SAYS THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY NEEDS
TO STEP THE LING OUT
PRESCRIPTION PILLS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO RETHINK HOW
TO THOUGHT -- FIGHT TO THIS.
DR. OZ: WE GREW UP IN A WORLD
WHERE DRUGS WERE EVIL.
NOW REALIZING IT IS A MISTAKE
THAT PEOPLE MAKE AND WE CAN GET
THEM BACK ON THE ROAD TO
SALVATION WITH MEDICAL SOLUTIONS
.
WE WON'T GET THEM THERE THROUGH
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
MARK NOW THE WARNING SIGNS YOU
CAN LOOK FOR WITH YOUR FRIENDS
OR FAMILY.
ARGUING VICIOUSLY, DRAMATIC MOOD
SHIFTS, EMPTY POLE BOTTLES,
THESE ARE ALL -- EMPTY PILL
BOTTLES, THESE ARE ALL RED
FLAGS.
DR. OZ REMINDS U THERE ARE 25
MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
RECOVERY.
TIFFANY: YOU HAVE HEARD FROM
FORMER ADDICTS WHO SAY TO YOU,
THIS SAVES MY LIFE.
>> ALL THE TIME.
ANNOUNCER: NEXT, THE PUBLIC
OUTCRY OVER A PLANT THE DEA
TRIED TO BAN.
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