Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171027:16:42:00
Treatment today. if they have a crisis at 5:00 on a friday, come back monday. how is that helping anybody? they could be dead by then. >> reporter: the president's commission on opioids notes only 1 in 10 people with substance abuse problems get treatment. >> i can't do it on my own. i'm tired of seeing my kids like this. i am addicted to heroin. >> reporter: so you're saying the government needs to realize people need help faster. >> i would go right now if i could. >> that was kate snow reporting. joining me now is baltimore city's health commissioner who is leading the fight to end opioid u...