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Not sit back and wait for anybody else to solve this problem for us. we're going to be a model for the commonwealth and nation on how we save our young people and save our community. [ applause ] >> again, it's a change. 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 prescri...

How we save our young people and save our community. [ applause ] >> it's a change. 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 happe...

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. it's a horrible circumstance wh...

[ 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. it's a horrible circumstance when that happens. >> it's only started in the past couple of years. yeah, the heroin ...

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 to 22 is what we're seeing the most. the district attorney, the police department are all united this. the task force has grown to a matter of a hundred people. >> i lost one daughter to drugs. you know, whatever it takes. >> let's start by being honest with ourselves. as a nation for decades we were perfectly happy to write off whole neighborhoods, whole cities, whole generatio...