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♪ >> 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...

Now. ♪ >> 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 own leftoverings. it's where i meet up with dr. potee for dinner. i guess my first question is who is doing dope? >> everybody starts with the 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 sports-related injury, had their wisdom teeth out, and they felt awesome on the drug, and they w...

Here. my dad was actually a small town doctor out here. i'm a total generalist, but for the last four, four and a half years, a larger part of my practice has been focused on addiction to opiates. >> patient: i got put on pain medication. then when they started disappearing, everybody else is doing it. >> ruth: the heroin? >> patient: yeah. i can get a bag of heroin easier than i can get a joint. >> ruth: once they start, they just slip down that rabbit hole and, you know, maybe they make it out. that's our goal is to get them out and to live healthy again. we've really in our own way created ...

And, you know, maybe they make it out. that's our goal is to get th t and to live healthy again. we've really in our own way created this mess that we're in now. ♪ >> 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 mar...

>> i am ruth, a family physician in greenfield, massachusetts, and i grew up here. my dad was actually a small town doctor out here. i'm a total generalist, but for the last four, four and a half years, a larger part of my practice has been focused on addiction to opiates. >> i got put on pain medication. then when they started disappearing, everybody else is doing it. >> the heroin? >> yeah. i can get a bag of heroin easier than i can get a joint. >> once they start, they just slip down that rabbit hole and, you know, maybe they make it out. that's our goal is to get them out and to live heal...