Gap. You know, we did a survey. People dont want sober hotels they want to be the way things are. We did a survey of the existing residents for you 50 responded. 71 said than i prefer to live in a sober hotel. Think of that. There are people saying they poke for the poor and low income and cap recipients the recipients themselves want sober housing. And this project would give it. This project is designed so that people coming in to the hotel have all graduated from recovery programs, 12 mont recovery and sober programs or are existing permanent Housing Residents Supportive Housing who want a sober environment. That will tells you well is i ground swell of support for sober living and finally looks like our city is prepared mote this demand. I think our hope is this if this is successful, and once implement in the spring, that others will say, why have we not done more. I talk to people all the time. Why people cant understand what do you mean . Why dont we. And there is a state law th
and welcome back to our cnn town hall about this country s fentanyl crisis. we could not end this evening without talking to the people on the front lines of this battle against fentanyl. i m joined now by dr. ayanna jordan, associate professor of psychiatry at nyu, and lou or ten zero, a former doctor who is in recovery after becoming addicted himself after prescribing painkillers to patients. he helps others now with their recoveries, as the executive director of the clarksburg mission in west virginia. thank you both so much for being with us. you actually brought narcan with you. i did, i did. so, show, i think it s important for people to see it. i haven t actually seen it up closely. thank you for that opportunity. before i get started, i really just want to express my sincere empathy for the people that are here today. it s not easy, it s more to say, i am beyond sorry for your loss. but i am committed to doing things is a friendly, okay. my role as a phy
addicted himself while prescribing painkillers to patients. he helps others now with their recoveries, as the executive director of the clarksburg mission in west virginia. thank you both so much for being with us. you actually brought narcan with you. i did, i did. so, show, i think it s important for people to see it. i haven t actually seen it up closely. thank you for that opportunity. before i get started, i really just want to express my sincere empathy for the people that are here today. it s not easy, it s more to say, i am beyond sorry for your loss. but i am committed to doing things differently, okay. my role as a physician is to save lives, all right. i don t want to blow people up. i want to stop this from ever happening again, right. all right. so, thank you for that. [applause] and just as a physician, this is emotional for you. because you see this up close. i see this up close all the time. and i feel like we are not concentrating on the science
signed by a footballer. now on bbc news, addiction: the road to recovery. a warning, this programme contains upsetting content. cocaine is a devil, to be fair. this is a story of drugs and booze and addiction. i think with addiction the end result for anybody is death, prison, or institution. it s the story of the fight to get clean for those living the edge. generally, seriously, one slip would kill me, because i d feel like there would be no going back. a sharp scratch. at a time when drug and alcohol deaths are soaring, something has to change. i simply hope that people will who have been treated rather like lepers are now on a journey which treats them as people with a health condition and that they have hope that it can be better. hello. mike? yes. jeremy. didn t recognise you with your mask on, mate. you all right. yeah, good to see you. thank you. come on, we ll have a seat. yeah, that s fine. ..and i m meeting mike. you look younger in person than on. yeah. my god, i
been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. william rick singer was convicted of funnelling money from wealthy parents to university coaches to secure a place for their children at various elite american colleges. now on bbc news addiction: the road to recovery. a warning this programme deals with upsetting themes. cocaine is a devil, to be fair. this is a story of drugs and booze and addiction. i think with addiction the end result for anybody is death, prison, or institution. it s the story of the fight to get clean for those living the edge. generally, seriously, one slip would kill me, because i d feel like there would be no going back. a sharp scratch. at a time when drug and alcohol deaths are soaring, something has to change. i simply hope that people will who have been treated rather like lepers are now on a journey which treats them as people with a health condition and that they have hope that it can be better. hello. mike? yes. jeremy. didn t recognise you with your