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As a society, as a country, can do to deal with this situation? because -- you know, every single life is so precious, and your daughter is so precious. how -- how is it that we can help? >> we can start talking about it. we can recognize that addiction is a disease. the national institute of health says that substance use disorder is a change in the brain. i have heard that with heroin it can happen the very first time that you take it. the problem is it tells your brain that you can feel really great really quickly, and then your brain functions in that addicted way, and it's not just a matt...

And they found ferguson police department and the city's municipal court were using minor citations to engage in discrimination against african-americans. at the same time that's happening there in ferguson, something just as unusual happening in the city of baltimore. the city also rocked by violence and claims of police brutality after the death of freddie gray in the back of the police van. now police recruits are getting brain training. yes, the baltimore p.d. has hired a cognitive neuroscientist to train new recruits as a part of mental exercise to help them better handle stressful situat...

Take place in terms of affecting her prognosis. it's a tough thing to hear, a tough thing to say, frankly, but that's the truth when it comes to brain death. we are talking about death. this is just another term for it. >> i mean, is brain death different than a persistent vegetative state or being in a coma? >> techniciit is, and i know yoe reporting on this as well, anderson, people who have seemingly recovered from deep comas. >> right. >> this is different, and terms matter here. people can be in a coma and still have brain activity. they can be in a persistent vegetative state and still h...

That's the truth when it comes to brain death, we are talking about death. this is just another term for it. >> is brain death different than a persistent vegetative state or being in a coma? >> it is. i know you've done some reporting on this as well, people who have cox and seemingly recovered from comas, this is different. and terms matter here, people can be in a coma and still have brain activity. they can be? a persistent vegetative state. there is no brain activity. the higher brain functions as well as the lower brain functions which control your reflexes in terms of breathing, control...

What may take place affecting her prognosis. that's the truth when it comes to brain death, we are talking about death. this is just another term for it. >> is brain death different than a persistent vegetative state or being in a coma? >> it is. i know you've done some reporting on this as well, people who have cox and seemingly recovered from comas, this is different. and terms matter here, people can be in a coma and still have brain activity. they can be? a persistent vegetative state. there is no brain activity. the higher brain functions as well as the lower brain functions which control...