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Resources to specific communities suffering from both the highest overdose numbers and rising rates of violence. areas like the bronx here in new york. chicago, oakland, st. louis, washington and philadelphia. a record more than 100,000 americans have died of drug overdoses in the past year. mostly from fentanyl. that's 275 overdose deaths a day. the dea says they're using data to target criminal drug networks operating where overdose and violence surges are the worst. there was a record 30% increase in homicides nationwide in 2020 according to the f.b.i. and 77% of those murders were committe...

Member. and can you imagine you suddenly come upon a family member who is dying of an overdose, and you call 911. you do all those things. but this organization also empowers them to do something about that, to potentially save lives. and as you heard from joanne, 200 times now they've reversed overdoses. >> wow. >> it's a pretty incredible organization. >> you're a doctor. you work in a hospital. but even being a doctor, are you surprised by the rise in overdose numbers even during the pandemic? >> well, i was initially, but, you know, there's obviously the social isolation, the economic inst...

Overdose, you call 911, you do all those things, but this organization also empowers them to do something about that, to potentially save lives. as you heard from joann, 200 times now they've reversed overdoses. a pretty incredible organization. >> i have to ask, you work in a hospital, but even being a doctor, were you surprised by the overdose numbers even during the pandemic? >> i was initially but there's also the social isolation, the economic instability, all the disruption to our daily life. but also, don, what i was really struck for was recovery programs and counseling programs and pr...

Aren't doing -- they're misdirecting the worry out there, and then also there's a benefit for them, right? they get these deep pockets, and it provides a lot of money for the state government that they're suing on behalf of. paul: yeah, kate, it doesn't look like any individual patients are really going to benefit here, much of the money will go into state coffers and, of course, the trial lawyers who brought this public nuisance theory to mr. hunter are going to get a big bundle of cash. so the question is who benefits? >> right. i think the plaintiffs' lawyers are the prime beneficiary here,...

Aren't doing -- they're misdirecting the worry out there, and then also there's a benefit for them, right? they get these deep pockets, and it provides a lot of money for the state government that they're suing on behalf of. paul: yeah, kate, it doesn't look like any individual patients are really going to benefit here, much of the money will go into state coffers and, of course, the trial lawyers who brought this public nuisance theory to mr. hunter are going to get a big bundle of cash. so the question is who benefits? >> right. i think the plaintiffs' lawyers are the prime beneficiary here,...