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[ 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 addicted to it. these are any kid who plays a high school sport. it's a horrible circumstance when that happens. >> man 2: it's only st...

Anybody else to solve this 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 prescr...

>> 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...

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 opioid 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 public health crisis rather than simply a criminal justice problem. >> chris: a great opportunity to come here tonight ...

We burn it down, remove the wood. we cover it in seaweed and corn husks. and we put our clams and lobsters and corn in there. like a pressure cooker. >> anthony: we've got a pig hiding in there also. >> ray: no, no, no. we're going to pull a tusker out right now, and you'll see what we have here. >> 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: a...