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As kristin noted its just past 11:00. thats basically the kind of go or stay moment that local authorities have been giving to residents here when you should be not be out on the road. at this point the authorities told folks after 11:00 you should be in a safe place and not out on the road. thats the hour we reached. >> chris where are you? is that where youre going to sleep tonight where you are now? >> yeah were in a secure structure, four miles inland, six pete up -- six stories pup there is...

>> i am ruth, a family physician in greenfield, massachusetts, and i grew up here. my dad was actually a small town doctor out here. im a total generalist, but for the last four, four and a half years, a larger part of my practice has been focused on addiction to opiates. >> i got put on pain medication. then when they started disappearing, everybody else is doing it. >> the heroin? >> yeah. i can get a bag of heroin easier than i can get a joint. >> once they start, they just slip down that rab...

You know, maybe they make it out. thats our goal is to get them out and to live healthy again. weve really in our own way created this mess that were in now. ♪ >> in downtown greenfield, the peoples pint, an eco-conscious, local pub that brews its own beer, uses only farm fresh ingredients and composts its own leftovers. its where i pete up with dr. poti for dinner. i guess my first question is who is doing dope? >> everybody starts with the pills. theres nobody that goes from marijuana to her...

Then when they started disappearing, everybody else is doing it. >> the heroin? >> yeah. i can get a bag of heroin easier than i can get a joint. >> once they start, they just slip down that rabbit hole and, you know, maybe they make it out. thats our goal is to get them out and to live healthy again. weve really in our own way created this mess that were in now. ♪ >> in downtown greenfield, the peoples pint, an eco-conscious, local pub that brews its own beer, uses only farm fresh ingredients...

Weve really in our own way created this mess that were in now. ♪ >> in downtown greenfield, the peoples pint, an eco-conscious, local pub that brews its own beer, uses only farm fresh ingredients and composts its own leftovers. ingredients. its where i pete up with dr. poti for dinner. i guess my first question is who is doing dope? >> everybody starts with the pills. theres nobody that goes from marijuana to heroin. theres an in between step. always pills, its pills that people get from their...