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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 started in the past couple years. yeah, the heroin was around. pills were around but we didn't have people dying. >> anthony: once yo...

>> 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...

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 addicted to it. these are any kid who plays a high school sport. it's a horribl...

>> that was amazing. >> absolutely. >> 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. >> everybody in this room has been touched by or impacted by narcotics in some way. the franklin county opiod task force is a grassroots response. doctors, law enforcement led by franklin county sheriff chris donilon, addiction specialists and addicteds themselves are coming together to find a community-based solution to what is finally being recognized as a public he...

That's a pretty luxurious clambake here. >> 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 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 ...