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On sobriety. >> clean and sober is one of the biggest mistakes this country's ever made. i know it's a hold your hand idealistic point of view that somehow, magically, i mean, god , some of you, if you like me, i've been known to have a glass of wine at night watching some of the nightly news. >> we all need to self medicate periodically. >> we all need to self medicate periodically. now we have a country in which virtually everyone is self medicating. all the time, very often with the help of doctors. and nowhere is it worse than the state of california. if you cared about the people who live...

The doctor who found his calling and inspiration on the streets. here is harry smith. >> reporter: two nights a week for 30 years, dr. jim o'connell has done exactly this. >> remember me from before? how you, by the way? what's going on? >> reporter: fulfilling the healer's oath with boston's homeless. this patient tonight michael tells us he spent a good portion of his life in prison. >> you look great. >> reporter: as his regrets spill out, o'connell tends to the cut hand. >> thank you. >> reporter: o'connell urges michael to come to a clinic. no telling if he'll show. who's out here? who's ...

Idea? no social science to suggest it works. happened all across europe it destroyed people. what is the motive? i don't understand? >> i mean it is really crazy. you have to remember also, very active effort in the united states to shut down cigarette smoking. we got rid of smoking areas opening up fentanyl areas. people addicted to hard drugs and should be enabled in their disease to self-medicate. it is playing out at the federal level. >> at the same time these same people are telling us it is dangerous to use natural gas stove because of emissions. they are not concerned about

There's no social science to suggest it works. this happened all acrosss. europe, 30 years ago in zurich, most famously, and they were shut down because it destroyed people. so on what basis are they doingo this? what'syed the motive? >> i don't understand. o reme i mean, itmb is really crazy. vr i mean, you have to remember also there is a very activees t effort in the united states to shut down cigarette smoking. we actually got rid of smoking areas. we don't allow smoking. and now they're opening upsmokin fentanyl and meth smoking areas. it's victimhood ideology, fenta tucker. it's the idea...

Now it's sentencing time for mr. reed and in a letter, to the judge in this case, william reid writes, i am clearly flawed but my issue is down from a single problem: i drink to self medicate. people close to me, including former girlfriends have told me that for years. i never less, and i rationalized. i never listened. that sounds a lot like his hero, donald trump. that sounds a lot like donald trump's field general on january six, elmer stewart rhodes. william reade's lawyer filed a sentencing memo with the court which explains so much more than how william reid has found himself facing six...