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supplies here to make sure they're preparing whatever they're going to inject. there's a cooker in there with narcan in there for people to filter their heroin or whatever they're injecting. >> you've got an intercom in here so you can check on them. a timer so you can keep an eye on how long. >> yes. >> reporter: what you're seeing is a particularly provocative way of trying to reduce death from heroin overdose. some see it as condoning drug use, but others see it as a logical solution to a big problem. in a year, more people in the united states die from drug overdoses than from guns or car accidents. >> when overdoses happen in our bathroom, people are not dying. i've reversed 25 overdoses in this bathroom myself. >> 25? >> 25, yes. >> you've reversed 25 overdoses? >> in this bathroom, in this space. >> three of those times, he saved the life of taylor prince. today, at least donna knows where taylor is. and on the day we visit the corner project, she finally gets to see her son again.
i say good night, and i keep him in my prayers and just hope that i am going to hear from him. >> the story has become a common one. donna prince's son, taylor, is addicted to heroin. right now she is sick with worry because she has not seen him in six weeks. >> do you worry about that? >> all the time. >> about him dying? >> yes. >> for the last six weeks? >> no, for 20 years. >> for 20 years? >> for 20 years my son has been a heroin addict. >> donna tells us there's a good chance taylor is here at the corner project at washington heights. it's a needle exchange, and has this one of the most controversial bathrooms in the country, a place for people like taylor come to use drugs but are also monitored and can be saved with the medication that can
>> it continues to be a rocky road for taylor. he's living the life still of a heroin addict, in jail right now, expected to get out next week. interestingly, talking to his mother, donna, she says jail has actually been a place where he's been able to get drug treatment. he's getting methadone while in jail, something he hasn't been able to get consistently while out on the streets. i bring that point up, john and poppy, because, again, it's the reality of being a heroin addict, the difficulty of accessing some sort of treatment or being confident that you're not going to die. >> sanjay, i had no idea these even existed not far from where we're sitting right now. this is in new york city. it's a fascinating and important story. thank you for bring it to us. >> thank you, guys. up on capitol hill, bob corker, one of the two republican senators with scathing criticisms of the president yesterday, just spoke again to our manu raju. here's a look at that. >> the president also tweeted today that you department run for re-election because you had
timer so you can keep on the time. >> yes. >> what you are see something a provocative way of trying to reduce death from overdoses. in a year more people in the united states die from drug overdoses than from guns or car accidents. >> when overdoses happen in our bathroom, people are not dying. i have reversed 25 overdoses -- -- >> yourself? >> yes, in this bathroom and space. three of those times, he saved the live of taylor prince. and on the day we visited the corner project, he gets to see her son again. it has been a little rocky road for taylor, since then he ended up in jail for a period of time and it was in jail that he started to get treatment for his addiction to heroin, the first time speaking to his mother, donna, she said it was one of
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has this. one of the most controversial bathrooms in the country. a place where people, like taylor, come to use drugs, but are also monitored and can be saved with the medication called n narc narcan, which can reverse an overdose. >> when taylor first told you about the bathroom, what are your first thoughts when you heard about that? >> he's going to do it whether he wants to do it or not. whether he's going to go under the bridge where they go or in my bathroom and do it. at least there, i know people are watching over him, and if he does overdose, he's not going to die. because they're going to be able to save him. >> i think there is an acknowledgement, generally, that drug users are using bathrooms all over the place. and people are dying in those bathrooms. and so there is an acknowledgement that as a syringe exchange provider, we have a moral obligation to make sure that people don't die in our building.
and just hope that i'm going to hear from him. >> the story has become a common one. donna prince's son taylor is addicted to heroin. right now, she's sick with worry because she hasn't seen him in six weeks. >> you worry about that? >> all the time. >> about him dying? >> yes. >> for the last six weeks, i mean -- >> no, for 20 years. >> for 20 years. >> 20 years my son has been a heroin addict. >> donna tells us there's a good chance taylor is here, at the corner project in washington heights. it's a needle exchange. but also has this. one of the most controversial bathrooms in the country. a place where people like taylor come to use drugs. but are also monitored and can be saved with the which is reverse an overdose. >> when taylor first told you