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>> the city is the place where all the bad stuff was supposed to happen, not nice towns like greenfield. it isn't the image that people used to have 20 years ago that it's a junkie in an alley somewhere using a needle. it's not. it's your kids, it's your neighbors. >> the worst i think is when you have these young people who break a leg and they go to the doctor and get a prescription for oxy and become addicted to it. these are any kid who plays a high school sport. it's a horrible circumstance when that happens. >> it's only started in the past couple of years. yeah, the heroin was around. p...

The commonwealth and the nation on how we save our young people and save our community. [ applause ] >> anthony: the city is the place where all the bad stuff was supposed to happen, it was not supposed to be nice towns like greenfield. >> man: it isn't the image that people used to have 20 years ago, that it's a junkie in an alley somewhere using a needle. it's not. it's your kids, it's your neighbors. >> chris: the worst i think is when you have these young people who break a leg and they go to the doctor and get a prescription for oxy and become addicted to it. these are any kid who plays a...

We're going to be a model for the commonwealth and the nation on how we save our young people and save our community. [ applause ] >> anthony: the city is the place where all the bad stuff was supposed to happen, it was not suppose to be nice towns like greenfield. >> man: it isn't the image that people used to have 20 years ago that it's a junkie in an alley somewhere using a needle. it's not. it's your kids, it's your neighbors. >> chris: the worst i think is when you have these young people who break a leg and they go to the doctor and get a prescription for oxy and become addicted to it. t...

We're going to be a model for the commonwealth and nation on how we save our young people and save our community. [ applause ] >> the city is the place where all the bad stuff was supposed to happen, not nice towns like greenfield. it isn't the image that people used to have 20 years ago that it's a junkie in an alley somewhere using a needle. it's not. it's your kids, it's your neighbors. >> the worst i think is when you have these young people who break a leg and they go to the doctor and get a prescription for oxy and become addicted to it. these are any kid who plays a high school sport. i...

Have these young people who break a leg and they go to the doctor and get a prescription for oxy and become addicted to it. these are any kid who plays a high school sport. it's a horrible circumstance when that happens. >> it's only started in the past couple of years. yeah, the heroin was around. pills were around but we didn't have people dying. >> once you've been busted for heroin, that's a hard thing to live down. >> got to get rid of that shame factor so people can deal with it, address it and get support from the community. >> i feel like we'll lose a generation of our young people. 18...