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>> i want to welcome everybody tonight. >> reporter: social interaction important for the addicted. their families too. the butchers founded parents of the addicted loved >> well, send him somewhere and fix him or fix her. it doesnt work like that. >> why dont they just stop? >> why dont they just stop? dont they know they can stop? >> youd think theyd know what theyre doing to their children. >> you see, drugs take over the brain. >> matthews brother glen says there is no easy way to recover an...

Overdose, any metric you want to use. >> a former opioid addict, alex now dedicates his life to studying, understanding, and working with the addicted and recovering at lexingtons voices of hope. he says the pandemic and the isolation with it devastated the addiction community. >> what addiction is in your brain is down regulation of dopamine and what social interaction does is up regulate dopamine. it is literally organic medicine for the recovering brain. >> reporter: add to the mix cheap and ...

It was fentanyl. >> reporter: how much did you use? >> very little. less than 0.1 gram. and i found out it was straight fentanyl. >> reporter: that is a tiny -- >> that is tinier than tiny. it is like barely a sprinkle of salt >> i want to welcome everybody tonight. >> reporter: social interaction important for the addicted, their families, too. jean butcher founded the kentucky chapter of parent of addicted loved ones and over the years theyve had it all as they struggled to free their son matt...

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Illness, its white racism thats at the root of these problems? >> i looked at the article and evaluated it if it were a research paper, which now just makes twice -- ill use my english degree. probably the only two times. it just doesnt add up, obviously, there is no evidence to back that conclusion, because really most of the article says people are upset about the rampant homelessness. a lot of people who are homeless are people of color, therefore youre a racist like awaits, so if you dont wa...

At the root of these problems? >> i looked at the article and evaluated it if it were a research paper, which now just makes twice -- ill use my english degree. probably the only two times. it just doesnt add up, obviously, there is no evidence to back that conclusion, because really most of the article says people are upset about the rampant homelessness. a lot of people who are homeless are people of color, therefore youre a racist like awaits, so if you dont want people of color to be homeles...

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 28 (ANI): A 16-year old Mumbai boy addicted to online gaming, who ran away from home after being scolded for purchasing PUBG game accessories using Rs 10 lakh from his mother's account, has been traced and safely handed over to his parents, Police said on Saturday.

Lets bring in now texas attorney general ken paxton. great to have you in focus today. first of all, your reaction to the amount of drugs that are coming. and drugs dont walk, they have to be carried by these people crossing our border. >> im not surprised. these border agents arent able to do their jobs. they are more focused on logistics of taking care of people coming across the border and where theyll go. the drug trade and cartels have tremendous opportunities thanks to the policy of the bi...