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there were moments of lucidity and moments where things were so dark. thank you very much to both of you. i appreciate your taking the time. john, thanks to you for sharing that story. two weeks ago, we spoke to the governor about the alarming use of heroin in the state of vermont. he devoted his entire state of the state union address to that problem. today, senator harry reid called veermt's governor a visionary. between 2000 and 2010 is, heroin overdose deaths have increased by 55%. it's a national crisis. law enforcement and people trying to fight addiction are pushing for greater access to a drug called nalaxon, a drug that can reverse a heroin overdose. dr. sanjay gupta obtained remarkable video of this drug in action. >> reporter: what you're looking at is pretty shocking. a heroin addict overdosing. her name is liz. she's been using drugs since she was 11. today, she's 29.
[ auctioneer calling ] ed nalaxon that that can reverse a heroin overdose. dr. sanjay gupta obtained remarkable video of this drug in action. >> you're looking at, what is pretty shocking. a heroin addict overdosing. her name is liz. she's been using drugs since she was 11. today, she's 29. adam wiggles worth and luis vincent were both with her that night in august. they both volunteer with the program in greensboro, north carolina that provides clean needles and other assistance to addicts. >> she seemed to be pretty unresponsive and we were noticing a blueing of the lips, lack of oxygen. her breathing became quite shallow. >> once someone's not responding to any sort of stimulus, you give them breaths and at that time, i usually administer nalaoxen. >> watch what happens next.
say if more people including nonprofessionals had their hand on this drug it could help stop this overdose epidemic. this is controversial stuff for sure, but watch just how powerful this medicine can be. what you're looking at is pretty shocking. a heroin addict overdosing. her name is liz. she's been using drugs since she was 11. today she's 29. adam wigsworth and louise vincent were both with her that night in august. they both volunteer with a program in greensboro, north carolina, that provides clean needles and other assistance to addicts. >> she seemed to be pretty unresponsive, and we were noticing a blueing of the lips, lack of oxygen. her breathing became quite shallow. >> well, once someone's not breathing and they're not responding to any sort of stimulus, you give them breaths and at that time i usually administer noloxone.
provide a little peace of mind. there is a drug out there now that reverses a heroin overdose. and we're about to see how it works. this is the real deal. you're about to see an overdosing addict brought back from the edge of death. here's our chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. >> what you're looking at is pretty shocking. a heroin addict overdosing. her name is liz. she's been using drugs since she was 11. today, she's 29. adam and louise were both with her that night in august. they both volunteer with the program in greensboro, north care car, that provides clean needles and other assistance to addicts. >> she seemed to be pretty unresponsive. we were noticing a blue of the lips, a lack of oxygen. her breathing had become quite shallow. >> once someone is not breathing and not responding to stimulus,
of more people, not just doctors but average people as well. it's controversial. you are about to see the incredible video showing how it might work. what you are looking at is pretty shocking. a heroin addict overdosing. her name is liz. she has been using drugs since she was 11. today she is 29. adam and louise were both with her that night in august, and they both volunteered with a program that provides clean needles and other assistance to addic addicts. >> she seemed to be pretty unresponsive and we were noticing blueing of the lips and lack of oxygen and her breathing became shallow. >> once they were not breathing and you give them breath and at that time i usually administer
every 19 minutes in this country because of such an overdose. and today i want to talk about a medicine that some people say could help stop this epidemic, but only if we get it in the hands of more people, not just doctors, but average people as well. now, look, it's controversial. but you're about to see this incredible video showing how it might work. what you're looking at is pretty shocking. a heroin addict overdosing. her name is liz. she's been using drugs since she was 11. today she's 29. adam wigglesworth and louise vincent were both with her that night in august. they both volunteer with a program in greensboro, north carolina, that provides clean needles and other assistance to addicts. >> she seemed to be pretty unresponsive and we noticed a blueing of the lips and lack of oxygen and her breathing became quite shallow. >> well, once someone's not