codden. another shot. and finally, liz begins to come around. liz, you okay? you went out. we re giving you mouth to mouth resuscitation. we ve given you some narcan. you overdosed. can you sit up? all right, come on. i can t believe that somebody cared about me enough or, you know, love me enough to bring me back. naloxon gave liz a second chance. she s headed to rehab. wow be pretty stark. elizabeth cohen is here with me. what could possibly go wrong? are there any side effects that
resuscitati resuscitation. you overdosed. can you sit up? yeah. all right, come on. i can t believe that somebody cared about me enough or loved me enough to bring me back. reporter: the drug gave liz a second chance. she s headed to rehab. liz s story is all too familiar, though, as many cities report a surge in heroin use. the federal government says the number of addicts has doubled since 20 o 02. half begin by abusing prescription drugs. there are pill mills on prescribers. there s education in a lot of states so doctors aren t prescribing pain medication as easily as they used to. the result is people are transitioning to heroin. reporter: a quarter of those who use become addicted. many like liz and joe from middle-class families.
19-month-old daughter. i had felt so separated and just like dissociated from my daughter. because i felt like you know, basically like i wasn t good enough to take care of her. i can t finish school. i can t hold down a job. i can t you know, do any of this like normal stuff that every day people have absolutely no problem like, it s not a challenge for them. nyloxone gave liz a second chance. it also gave linda rolling a second chance. she remembers the day she found her son, steve, face-down in the front yard. my husband ran out and started rescue breathing and i ran in and got the narcam. right here. he was laying on his back, totally blue. so the narcam, as soon as he got into his nostrils, he started to
i can t, you know, do any of this like normal stuff that everyday people have absolutely no problem, like, it s not a challenge for them. nolozone gave liz a second chance. it also gave linda a second chance. she remembers the day she found her son steve face down in the front yard. my husband ran out and started rescue breathing. and i ran in and got the narcan. right here. he was laying on his back. totally blue. so the narcan, as soon as it got into his nostrils, he started to stir and wake up. and came to. thank god for narcan. narcan is distributed as part of massachusetts opioid
i can t hold down a job. i can t, you know, do any of this, like, normal stuff that everyday people have absolutely no problem, like, it s not a challenge for them. narcan gave liz a second chance. it also gave linda woline a second chance. she remembers the day she found her son steve face down in the front yard. my husband ran out and started rescue breathing. and i ran in and got the narcan. it was right here. he was laying on his back. totally blue. so, the narcan as soon as it got into his nostrils, he started to stir and wake up. and came to. thank god for narcan. narcan is distributed as part