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>> anthony: where are we headed? >> heather: this way. >> anthony: oh, okay. >> heather: to the recover projects. this is where my recovery started. >> anthony: started nearly a decade ago in one of the two main streets of greenfield, the recover project is community-based. an open arms program aimed at helping addicts stay clean. >> woman: given the opiate heroin epidemic in our community, we'd like to start the conversation. just kind of sharing with one another. you know, what happened at that point of our life, what that was like. >> heather: so as a child growing up in a home in addiction...

Like a pioneer you could go out as hard as you could push, competition was welcomed. we were fiercely independent. independence is like little by little by little taken away. >> anthony: is there a limited number of stuff out there? >> bo: well, there's a total allowable catch. we're on a 600-pound trip limit right now. >> anthony: and the payout ain't much. do the math. a good day of scalloping brings in say 9,000 bucks, from that 9,000, take away 3,000 for the lease, 1,000 for fuel, and split the remainder amongst the crew. and on top of that, fishing's just a crap shoot. many days, there's ...

♪ >> anthony: in downtown greenfield, the people's pint, an eco-conscious, local pub that brews its own beer, uses only farm fresh ingredients and composts its leftovers. it's where i meet up with dr. poti for dinner. >> anthony: i guess my first question is who is doing dope? >> dr. poti: everybody starts with pills. there's nobody -- >> anthony: everybody. >> dr. poti: everybody starts with pills. there's nobody that goes from marijuana to heroin. there's an in between step. always pills, it's pills that people get from their doctor. from me. particularly the young people. had an injury, a...

Dino-era homemade pies and lots of them. all baked on premises. raspberry cream pie for me, thank you. this is not something that we see a lot of. old school pie like that and this number of them. >> charles: yeah. everything is made here. and they're all the original recipes from the '60s. the index cards are so old, they're all faded yellow. >> anthony: this is exotic for me. >> charles: really? >> anthony: oh, yeah. how's business? >> charles: it's getting better. the drug problem has started to really get rampant. took over may 1st, 2012, and by the end of that year i was broken into four ...

♪ i'll take you there well, maybe start here. >> speaker: once you found the right doctor and have told him or her about your pain, don't be afraid to take what they give you. often it will be an opioid medication. >> anthony: here's a 1996 promotional video from the fine folks at perdue pharmaceuticals. sent around to doctors, it encouraged them to prescribe the latest, newest, most wonderful drug for long-term pain management, oxycotin. >> speaker: some patients may be afraid of taking opioids because they're perceived as too strong or addictive. but that is far from actual fact. less than...