ON TONIGHT맥스카지노�S STATE OF ADDICTION, ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER SASHA LENNINGER INTRODUCES US TO A DEPUTY WHO WHO LOST HIS ONLY CHILD TO A DRUG OVERDOSE. SASHA: IT맥스카지노�S A BLUE BIRD DAY, THE SUN SHINING BRIGHT. BUT FOR CAPTAIN BILLY MERRIFIELD, CLOUDS BLOCKING THAT SUNSHINE WHILE VISITING HIS DAUGHTER맥스카지노�S GRAVE, THINKING, HOW DID HE GET HERE. HE LOST IS DAUGHTER TOO SOON TO THE DRUG EPIDEMIC THAT IS NOW PLAGUING NEW MEXICO. >> NONE OF US WILL EVER KNOW WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE DONE, OR WHAT HER CAREER WAS GOING TO BE. BRANDI MONIQUE MERRIFIELD IS HER FULL NAME. SASHA: A GORGEOUS YOUNG WOMAN WITH A PERFECT SMILE AND KIND EYES, WHO LOVED COSMOTOLOGY AND WRITING POETRY. >> I THINK SHE STARTED WITH THE PILLS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. SASHA: HER ADDICTION SO BAD, SHE DID WHATEVER SHE NEEDED TO DO TO >> SHE WOULD BASICALLY KNOCK ON THE DOOR AT THE RESIDENCE, SEE IF ANYONE WAS HOME, IF NOT, SHE GAVE THE SIGNAL FOR THIS GUY TO BURGLARIZE THE HOUSES. SASHA: MERRIFIELD TRIED TO HELP HIS DAUGHTER. >> IF YOU NEED FUEL IN YOUR CAR, I맥스카지노�LL GO MEET YOU AT THE GAS STATION. IF YOU NEED FOOD, I맥스카지노�LL BUY YOU FOOD. I맥스카지노�M NOT GIVING YOU MONEY BECAUSE I KNEW WHERE THAT WAS GOING. SASHA: EVENTUALLY HAVING TO DO SOMETHING HE NEVER THOUGHT HE COULD DO. >> I MYSELF AS A FATHER PUT HANDCUFFS ON HER AND IT KEPT HER IN JAIL FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS. I HONESTLY KNEW THOUGH IF I DIDN맥스카지노�T DO THIS WHO맥스카지노�S TO SAY IT WOULDN맥스카지노�T OF HAPPENED SOONER. SASHA: HE EVEN TRIED TO GET HER INTO PROGRAMS. THEN ONE DAYTHE PHONE RANG. HIS HEART SANK. HE KNEW. >> I GET A CALL FROM STATE POLICE. I맥스카지노�M GETTING READY TO GO ON DUTY MYSELF. I GOT TO KIND OF PREPARE MYSELF FOR THIS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. THAT맥스카지노�S JUST THE REALITY OF IT. SASHA: ADDICTION GOT THE BEST OF BRANDI AT 22-YEARS-OLD. >> WE ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO BURY OUR CHILDREN. THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO BURY US. SASHA: AS SO MANY PARENTS LIKE MERRFIELD DO, THEY TRY TO COPE THROUGH ACTIVISM. BACK AT HER GRAVE, HE STARES AT A PHOTO OF HIS BELOVED BRANDI , KNOWING HER DEATH HAS TO HAVE A PURPOSE. HE WANTS TO SAVE OTHER FAMILIES FROM THE DARKNESS OF ADDICTION . HE ESPECIALLY HOPES TO REACH NEW MEXICO YOUTH. >> I AM ABLE TO RELATE TO SOME OF THE FAMILY AND TALK TO THEM BECAUSE IT맥스카지노�S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND YOU OR LISTEN TO YOU, ESPECIALLY WEARING A UNIFORM. SASHA: BUT THOUGH HE MAY WEAR A BADGE AND UNIFORM, UNDERNEATH HE맥스카지노�S A DAD, GRIEVING HOPING HIS