WEBVTT STEPHON: EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE ADDICTED TO DRUGS AND PREVENT OVEROSES APPEAR TO BE WORKING IN CLARK COUNTY. OVERDOSES DROPPED BY A THIRD TO 60 IN 2017. THE COUNTIES맥스카지노� NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM AND THE USE OF NARCAN HAVE CONTRIBUTED. THE COMMUNITY STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO AND THEY ARE GETTING HELP. >> INCARCERATED IN SOMETIMES INFECTED. SHERIFF JAMIE NOWELL SUPPORTS THE COUNTY맥스카지노�S NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM. >> I ALWAYS LIVED IN A WORLD THAT NO ONE USED DRUGS. >> LIKE MANY PEOPLE, HE OPPOSED THE PROGRAM. HE THOUGHT AFTER SEEING INMATES STRUGGLE WHILE IN CUSTODY, HE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART. >> I DO NOT CONDONE THEM USING DRUGS BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP REDUCE IV TRANSMITTED DISEASES LIKE HEPATITIS. >> SINCE STARTING THE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM, PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES HAVE HANDED OUT MORE THAN 32,000 NEEDLES. DRUG USERS HAVE RETURNED CLOSE TO 20,000. >> WHEN SOMEONE IS IN A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE READY TO GET HELP, THEY TRUST OUR NURSES. >> IN ADDITION TO GETTING PARTICIPANTS, NURSES TREAT VIRUSES SPREAD BY IVY DRUG USE. --IV DRUG USE. DR. ERIC EZEL SAYS THE INCREASE MEANS MORE PEOPLE GETTING TESTED. >> WHILE THOSE NUMBERS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET, WE VIEW THAT AS A WIN. >> THERE IS ANOTHER NUMBER HEALTH OFFICIALS VIEW IS A WIN. 30% IS THE DROP FROM 2016 TO 2017. INDIANA맥스카지노�S DRUGS SAYS IT IS CLEAR THE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM IS WORKING. >> I AM GRATEFUL FOR GOOD NEWS. >> THE DOCTOR SAYS THE EFFORT DOES NOT STOP HERE. THE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM EXTENDING ITS HOURS FROM ONE DAY A WEEK TO FOUR. >> HOURS ARE NOT THE MOST CONVENIENT SO WE NEED TO GET OUT AND REACH OUT MORE AND MAKE SURE ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN USING THE PROGRAM HAS THE AVAILABILITY. >> THE SHERIFF BELIEVES THE PROGRAM IS PART OF THE SOLUTION. >> WE HAVE HAD OUR SECOND DETECTIVE TARGETING DRUG ENFORCEMENT DEALERS. >> HIS GOAL IS TO TARGET DRUG DEALERS. >> WE ARE TYING TO -- TRYING TO TARGET DEALERS. THEY PROFIT OFF OF THE ATTIC맥스카지노�S AND OTHER PEOPLE --ADDICTS AND OTHER PEOPLE맥스카지노�S MISERY. STEPHON: ADDICTED TO DRUGS AND PREGNANT. IT IS A GROWING PROBLEM. WE GO INSIDE THE JAIL맥스카지노�S ENOUGH OF -- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH DORM. >> I HAD A COUPLE YEARS OF SOBRIETY AND WHEN I STOPPED WORKING AND UTILIZING TOOLS, I WENT BACK. >> SHE ENDED UP HERE. IT IS NOT HER FIRST TIME BUT NOW SHE IS IN THE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH DORM. >> WE GET INTO OUR STEP WORK. WE DISSECT INFORMATION. WE STUDY THE BOOK, ALSO CRIMINAL THINKING. I LEAD CRIMINAL THINKING CLASSES. >> MANY WOMEN LIKE STACY ARE JAILED ON DRUG-RELATED CRIMES AND IN SOME CASES, THOSE WOMEN ARE PREGNANT. >> WE ARE PROJECTING THIS YEAR TO DETOX 10,000 PEOPLE. >> THAT IS WHY MARK BOULTON AND HIS STAFF PARTNERED WITH A CENTER AND PUBLIC HEALTH TO START A PROGRAM. >> WE HAD 11 PREGNANT WOMEN IN HERE. NINE WERE OPIOID ADDICTS. THAT WAS A CLEAR INDICATION WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. >> THE MOTHERS ARE GIVEN THE OPTION OF JOINING THE PROGRAM, RECEIVING METHADONE, AND PARTICIPATING IN COUNSELING. THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED THREE PREGNANT WOMEN. >> IT IS NOT A MATTER OF BEING OFF MEDICATION. IT IS A MATTER OF RETURN TO FUNCTIONALITY. THE FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCESS IS DRUG-FREE. >> A DOCTOR IS A MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR THAT CENTER. HE SAYS THE TREATMENT DOES NOT STOP WHEN THE WOMEN ARE RELEASED FROM JAIL. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIOLOGIC CHANGES, MOST PEOPLE DO NEED CONTINUED MEDICATION. AT LEAST THEY NEED LONG-TERM MEDICATION TREATMENTS SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU GET ON AND OFF IN 90 DAYS. TYPICALLY PEOPLE CAN BE YEARS ON MEDICATION. >> THE METHADONE PROGRAM IS LESS THAN TWO MONTHS OLD BUT REGINA DAVIS SAYS THEY ARE ALREADY SEEKING SUCCESS. >> WE HAVE HEARD GOOD SUCCESS STORIES ABOUT WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE MOTHERS AGAIN AND RAISING THEIR CHILDREN. >> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH HAS TAUGHT ME IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I RELAPSE OR SCREWUP. I CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IF I UTILIZE THE TOOLS IN THIS PROGRAM. >STEPHON: FIND RESOURCES FOR TREATING ADDICTION ON OUR WEBSITE AND MOBILE APP. 비바카지노 Viva IS DEDICATING TO BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE FATE OF ADDICTION IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HOPE YOU TAKE THE INFORMATION AND PASS IT ON