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When that happens. >> man 2: it's only started in the past couple years. yeah, the heroin was around. pills were around but we didn't have people dying. >> anthony: once you've been busted for heroin, that's a hard thing to live down. >> chris: got to get rid of that shame factor so people can deal with it, address it and get support from the community. >> man 2: i feel like we'll lose a generation of our young people. 18 to 22 is what we're seeing the most. the district attorney, the sheriff, myself, the police department are all united. this task force has grown to over a hundred people in a...

>> anthony: let's eat. >> ray: all right. [ laughter ] >> anthony: first some good chowder and there really is only one kind of chowder. new england clam chowder. mm-mm. that is good. steamer clams, lobster, corn, potatoes. that's a pretty luxurious clambake here. >> woman: that was amazing. >> man: absolutely. >> chris: everybody's attention for a second. the opioid education and awareness task force came together several months ago. i don't think we realized how quickly this could turn into a crisis for us. >> anthony: everybody in this room has been touched by or impacted by narcotics in so...

Problem for us. we're going to be a model for the commonwealth and the nation on how we save our young people and save our community. [ applause ] >> anthony: the city is the place where all the bad stuff was supposed to happen, it was not suppose to be nice towns like greenfield. >> man: it isn't the image that people used to have 20 years ago that it's a junkie in an alley somewhere using a needle. it's not. it's your kids, it's your neighbors. >> chris: the worst i think is when you have these young people who break a leg and they go to the doctor and get a prescription for oxy and become a...

>> woman: that was amazing. >> man: absolutely. >> chris: everybody's attention for a second. the opiod education and awareness task force came together several months ago. i don't think we realized how quickly this could turn into a crisis for us. >> anthony: everybody in this room has been touched by or impacted by narcotics in some way. the franklin county opiod safety task force is a grassroots response. doctors, law enforcement led by franklin county sheriff, chris donilon. addiction specialists and addicts themselves are coming together to find a community-based solution to what is final...

>> man: absolutely. >> chris: everybody's attention for a second. the opiod education and awareness task force came together several months ago. i don't think we realized how quickly this could turn into a crisis for us. >> anthony: everybody in this room has been touched by or impacted by narcotics in some way. the franklin county opiod safety task force is a grassroots response. doctors, law enforcement led by franklin county sheriff, chris donilon. addiction specialists and addicts themselves are coming together to find a community-based solution to what is finally being recognized as a pub...