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Of money on coming up with a nonaddictive solution. we will be asking dr. collins and the nih for substantial resources in the fight against drug addiction. one of the things our administration will be doing is a massive advertising campaign to get people, especially children, not to want to take drugs in the first place because they will see the devastation and what it causes to people and peoples lives. watch what happens if we do our jobs, how the number of drug users and the addicted will st...

Just curious. i tried it. and really wasnt impressed with it at the beginning. but then i just kept tampering with it. it took about six months, within six months i was full-blown addicted. yeah. >> how old are you cory? >> 26. >> i have a son your age. >> do you have a relationship with your children? >> well, not at the moment. theyre very hurt. i was -- before i became addicted i was the go-to guy. >> similarities between me and max are -- the only difference that i really see is that he wait...

>> one girl i talked to is tori. shes 14 years old. she lived with her aunt and uncle who were addicted. she talked about taking care of herself, not seeing a doctor or dentist until she was 10, even dealing with drug overdose before she was eight. as far as a father figure? you can see how emotional this is for her. what happened to your uncle? >> he passed away november 20, 2015 from a drug overdose. >> heroin? >> uh-huh. >> that must have been super hard for you. >> yeah, because -- i mean, h...

With facebook in particular and also google they are taergting each individual person with amounts of data about each individual person. they know more about you, they know more about me than the government does. as a consequence they are targeting us individually. and their business, which is advertising, is dependent on them getting people deeply engaged. they are competing for our attention. in that process they have discovered the best way to do that is get us addicted make us fear we are mi...

>> she overdosed over here, actually in the building. we had to get her an ambulance. >> right here across the street? >> yeah. >> when was the last time you used? >> yesterday. >> how many times a week would you say youre using? >> every day. you have to every day when youre on heroin. >> you seem clear-headed. how do you stay focused on getting help? >> my kids. i have five little ones. theyre going through things because of what im going through. >> five kids. >> yep. >> who are you in the fa...

And ive been sober before. ive had three years. and my daddy passed away, and i ran. and i was running, gunning strong ever since. so im going to do it again and stay that way because if my mom was to pass away while i was in prison, i would never forgive myself. and shes not -- shes not healthy. shes sick. so -- and i want to regain the respect of my oldest daughter. i dont want them to be all, moms just another convict, addicted, jerk-off, worth nothing. so ill show i am worth it. so thats -- ...

Tablets depending on the operation. >> julie: that is per patient? >> per patient, a fraction of the 250 million subscriptions that we give out every year. >> julie: how many pills would it take if i started taking them to become a addicted? >> i think a couple pills is when people realize the effect that it can have on them, if somebody has a standardized c-section, not a chronic pain syndromes, best practice is to give a couple to maybe five pills, and john only meant johns hopkins, that is a ...

>> it is ravaging every single segment of our society. this is a chemical, almost warfare on us that people dont know how to control. >> reporter: the high school cheerleader, addicted at 15. the 20-year-old baseball player, dead. these fathers, now inmates because of their addiction. and even the sheriffs former wife, addicted. this is the real picture of americas opioid crisis, where drugs dont discriminate. its affecting neighbors across the heartland and coast-to-coast. the intersection betw...

Friction going on right now. so its -- you know, there is a message there, absolutely. >> guys, thanks very much. later tonight on this day 200 of the presidency, cnns special report will air "why trump won," cnns fareed zakaria. join him for an investigation on the presidents victory. 9:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, addicted to twitter, the president just cant stop attacking the media and a sitting u.s. senator. twitter helped get him ...

Looking at the opioid crisis and how no one is immune, from the high school cheerleader who got hooked at 15 to fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. >> it is averaging every single segment of our society. this is a chemical almost warfare on us that people dont know how to control. >> reporter: the high school cheerleader, addicted at 15, the 20-year-old baseball player dead. these fathers now inmates because of their addiction, and even the sheriffs former wife, addicted. this is the real pi...