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Okay? okay. good luck tomorrow. >> send as many as you can. i hear this every single day, whether it's a small, local restaurant, coffee shop to amazon, you know, we get fliers. we get e-mails, phone calls. we need people. >> okay. what do we remember about work shifts? we usually get someone employed within three days. we've had someone start within one day. that's how fast refugees are able to get employed. so, the refugees are not taking the jobs. the refugees are filling the gaps. >> we spoke with locals about the struggle to find jobs because of drugs. >> right now heroin and meth is one ...

Opportunity. >> we are going to get you some shoes okay? good luck tomorrow. >> send us as many as you can. i hear this every day, whether it's a small local restaurant to amazon. we get flyers. we get e-mails, phone calls, we need people. >> okay. what do you remember about work shift? >> we usually get someone employed within three days. we have had someone start within one day. that's how fast refugees are able to get employed. so they are not taking the jobs. they are filling the gaps. >> we spoke with locals about the struggle to find jobs because of drugs. >> right now, heroin and meth i...

Afternoon. that is the big question right now. this call center has gotten 13 overdose calls so far today. we don't know how many are fentanyl or heroin related but during a 32-hour period last week 52 overdose calls. now, this has been -- the numbers are stragerring, as you mentioned the numbers jumped up from 26 fentanyl related deaths in jefferson in 2015. that jump up to 139 in 2016. and a total of 695 overdose calls in january. that's averaging 22 calls a day. i'm joined by jody, the director of emergency services here in jefferson county. what are you attributing this spike to here in lo...

Of. it's just getting worse and worse. it seems like there's nothing working or nothing being done. >> reporter: it's not just the parents who feel frustrated. er doctors here are overwhelmed with patients. in january alone, metro emergency services answered 695 overdose calls. that's 22 a day. many transported to norton audubon hospital. >> we see it every day. in times past it would be unusual to have very many heroin overdoses. now it's unusual if we don't have them. it's a very good day in the emergency department if i don't see a heroin overdose. >> huchb are those days? >> i haven't had ...

Constituents. though not all of them believe he's going to actually change his stance. >> i think hearing personal anecdotes is thing that plays well in flus bites and soinds like you you're invested in the community. but i think in reality, it's a show. >> as for the increased interest and public outcries at town halls, one democratic activist says we should expect more. >> i don't see that passion in and that anxiety and than fear dissipating unless we see real change. >> boris sanchez, cnn, florida. >> that is an issue that has been debunked several times. again seeing it play out there. ...