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00:00:06SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF THE STATE OF OHIO
00:00:09COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF
PORTER, WRIGHT, AND MORRIS LLP.
00:00:15ON THE WEB AT PORTERWRIGHT.COM.
AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
00:00:27ASSOCIATION.
COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF
00:00:29EVERY CHILD.
>> SCHOOL DISTRICT SCAN START
00:00:37SCHEDULING CANCELED CLASSES.
NOW THEY HAVE A FEW CALAMITY
00:00:42DAYS THEY DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE
UP.
00:00:45THE STATE LAUNCHES A NEW PROGRAM
TO HELP ADULTS REACH OUT TO KIDS
00:00:48BEFORE THEY EVER START USING
DRUGS.
00:00:51ALL THIS WEEK ON "THE STATE
OF OHIO."
00:00:56SCHOOLS THAT HAD DOUBLE-DIGIT
SNOW DAY CANCELLATIONS THIS
00:01:07WINTER CAN START MAKING THEIR
PLANS.
00:01:08NOW THAT GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH
HAS SIGNED THE BILL GIVING
00:01:12SCHOOLS EXTRA CALAMITY DAYS THEY
DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE A.
00:01:17THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY WHAT
THEY COULD CALL AND INTERESTED
00:01:25INTEREST GROUP.
>> I WILL SIGN THIS BILL.
00:01:26THIS MEANS YOU GET TO GO TO
SCHOOL FOUR EXTRA DAYS.
00:01:32NO, IT IS THE OPPOSITE.
THIS CLASS IS HERE, A SINGLE
00:01:37SCHOOL IS HERE BECAUSE THEY
LOBBIED US.
00:01:40THEY WROTE A LETTER AND TALKED
ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO
00:01:45GET CALAMITY DAYS.
YOU WILL GET FOUR MORE
00:01:50CALAMITIES DAYS.
>> THEY CAN USE ONLY AFTER THEY
00:01:52MAKE UP FOR OTHER SNOW DAYS.
DISTRICTS CAN MAKE UP LESSONS.
00:02:00OR BY TACKING 30 MINUTES ONTO
REGULARLY SCHEDULED SCHOOLDAYS.
00:02:05THE BUCKEYE ADMINISTRATOR SAID
TWO THIRDS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT
00:02:13SAID THEY HAD TO CANCEL AN
AVERAGE OF 9.5 DAYS.
00:02:21SOME DISTRICTS HAD SNOW DAYS
INTO THE TEENS INCLUDING IN
00:02:27SOUTHEAST OHIO THAT HAD TO
CANCEL CLASSES FOR 19 DAYS.
00:02:30THE HOUSE HAS PASSED A $2.4
BILLION STATE CONSTRUCTION
00:02:33BUDGET THAT FUNDS A HOST OF
COMMUNITY, SCHOOL, PARK, AND
00:02:36PRISON PROJECT.
>> THE PROCESS INVOLVES AN ARRAY
00:02:41OF REQUESTS AND IDEAS TO BE
GENERATED ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE
00:02:44AND THEN ESSENTIALLY WE ALL FILE
OUR AMENDMENTS, OUR REQUESTS AND
00:02:49SPONSOR MANY OF THESE PROJECTS
THAT WE FIND TO BE VALUABLE.
00:02:55ABOUT 90% OF THE ATTENTION AND
INTEREST IS FOCUSED ON 10% OF
00:03:01THE BILL.
THAT WOULD BE THE COMMUNITY
00:03:03PROJECTS.
90% OF THIS BILL IS NOT ABOUT
00:03:07THOSE COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING THE
00:03:10PEOPLE'S INVESTMENT IN OUR
BUILDINGS THAT ARE PUBLIC,
00:03:17MOSTLY EDUCATION BUILDINGS
ACROSS OUR STATE.
00:03:18WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR FACILITY
STRUCTURES. THAT IS WHAT THIS
00:03:25BILL IS PRIMARILY DOING.
>> THE BILL DIRECT 675 MILLION
00:03:30DOLLARS FOR PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND $450
00:03:32MILLION FOR PUBLIC COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES FOR REPAIRS,
00:03:36RENOVATIONS, AND NEW BUILDINGS.
ANOTHER $574 MILLION GO FOR FOR
00:03:41MAINTENANCE AND COST SAVING
PROJECT AT STATE-OWNED
00:03:46FACILITIES INCLUDING PARKS AND
PRISONS.
00:03:49LOCAL ROAD, BRIDGE, SEWER, AND
OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
00:03:52WILL GET TRIGGERED $69 MILLION.
$100 MILLION GOES TO THE CLEAN
00:03:57OHIO GREEN SPACE PRESERVATION
PROGRAM.
00:03:58THE CAPITAL BILL MOVES ON TO
HEARINGS IN THE SENATE.
00:04:02TWO COUNTIES ARE NOT JUST ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STATE.
00:04:07THEY ARE ON THE EXTREME END OF A
LIST OF NEW STATE HEALTH
00:04:10RANKINGS.
THE ANNUAL RANKINGS FROM THE
00:04:13ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
00:04:16POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE SAY
IT IS THE HEALTHIEST COUNTY
00:04:21BASED ON FACTORS SUCH AS
LONGEVITY, ENGINE MORTALITY
00:04:23RATES, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE,
AND INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIORS SUCH AS
00:04:26SMOKING.
IT WAS FOLLOWED BY PUTNAM COUNTY
00:04:30IN NORTHWEST OHIO AND DELAWARE
COUNTY IN NORTH COLUMBUS.
00:04:33CYTOTEC COUNTY WAS NAMED THE
LEAST HEALTHY COUNTY WITH
00:04:36LAWRENCE AND ADAMS AT 87 AND 86.
AMONG THE MOST POPULOUS
00:04:43COUNTIES, SOME IT IS THE BEST AT
NUMBER 43.
00:04:45CUYAHOGA WAS 65.
FRANKLIN WAS 58.
00:04:49HAMILTON WAS 64.
LUCAS WAS 68.
00:04:53MONTGOMERY WAS 72.
HONEY COUNTY WAS NUMBER 73.
00:04:57HEAVILY WEIGHTED IN THE SURVEY
ARE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS
00:05:02INCLUDING EDUCATION,
UNEMPLOYMENT, AND INCOME.
00:05:04BECAUSE OF THEIR IMPACT --
IMPACT ON HEALTH AND ACCESS TO
00:05:08CARE.
FOR A FULL LIST CHECK OUT THEIR
00:05:11WEBSITE.
OHIO'S DRUG PROBLEM HAS BEEN
00:05:13CALLED AN EPIDEMIC.
GOING FROM THE SMALLEST NUMBER
00:05:18OF ANNUAL DEATHS FROM INJURY IN
1999 TO THE LARGEST NUMBER IN
00:05:232010.
IN 2007 DRUG OVERDOSES SURPASSED
00:05:25CAR CRASHES IN SUICIDE AS THE
OVERALL LEADING CAUSE OF INJURY
00:05:30DEATH IN OHIO.
IN 2011 THE STATE SAID ONE OHIO
00:05:32AND DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE
EVERY FIVE HOURS.
00:05:371765 OHIOANS DIED FROM DRUG
OVERDOSES THAT YEAR 440%
00:05:41INCREASE OVER THE 1999 NUMBERS.
THERE WAS 600 HEROIN OVERDOSE
00:05:49DEATHS IN 2012 WHICH WAS DOUBLE
THE NUMBER IN 2010.
00:05:51EVIDENCE THAT THOSE DRUG ABUSER
START YOUNG.
00:05:55A STUDY RELEASED BY THE OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EARLIER
00:05:57THIS YEAR FOUND TO INTEND KIDS
SAID THEY WERE OFFERED, GIVEN,
00:06:04OR SOLD ILLEGAL DRUGS WHILE ON
SCHOOL PROPERTY.
00:06:06BEYOND THE TRAGIC HUMAN COST
THERE ARE BIG COSTS TO THE STATE
00:06:10AS WELL.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT DEADLY DRUG
00:06:12OVERDOSES COST OHIOANS $1.9
BILLION IN MEDICAL AND WORK LOSS
00:06:16COSTS IN FUNNY 10 WITH HOSPITAL
COST ADDING $40 MILLION TO THAT.
00:06:22THAT BREAKS DOWN TO $5.4 MILLION
EACH DAY.
00:06:26GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH HAS BEEN
TALKING UP A FOUR-PART PROGRAM
00:06:32HE SAYS CAN HELP.
IT IS CALLED START TALKING.
00:06:34IT AIMS TO GIVE PARENTS,
TEACHERS, AND OTHER ADULTS THE
00:06:38TOOLS THEY NEED TO REACH OUT TO
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
00:06:40BEFORE THEY START USING AND HELP
THEM AVOID DRUGS ALTOGETHER.
00:06:44THE START TALKING PROGRAM
INCLUDES FIVE MINUTES FOR LIFE,
00:06:48A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OHIO
HIGHWAY PATROL, THE OHIO
00:06:50NATIONAL GUARD, AND THE OHIO
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC
00:06:55ASSOCIATION.
BUILDING YOUTH RESILIENCY WHICH
00:06:56HAS THE FIRST LADY KAREN CASEY
GET THEY HAD TO ENCOURAGE
00:06:58HEALTHY BEHAVIOR.
A PROGRAM TARGETING MIDDLE
00:07:02SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PARENT 360
RX WHICH HELPS TEACH ABOUT DRUG
00:07:10ABUSE SO THEY CAN BETTER TALK TO
KIDS ABOUT IT.
00:07:11THE WHOLE INITIATIVE IS FOUNDED
ON RESEARCH THAT SHOWS WHEN
00:07:13PARENTS INDEBTED ADULTS TALK TO
CHILDREN ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE,
00:07:19THOSE KIDS ARE 50% LESS LIKELY
TO DID DRUGS.
00:07:20I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME TWO
PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM
00:07:25AND WHAT IT HOPES TO COMPASS.
TRACY PLOUCK IS THE DIRECTOR OF
00:07:34OHIO DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
AND ADDICTION SERVICES AND PAUL
00:07:37SCHOONOVER IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS
THE TOLL DRUGS CAN TAKE TO
00:07:46WELCOME HIS SON DIED OF A DRUG
OVERDOSE TWO YEARS AGO AT 21
00:07:50YEARS OLD.
THERE ARE -- YOUR SON WAS ONE OF
00:07:57THESE TOTALLY FUNCTIONAL YOUNG
ADULTS.
00:07:58TELL ME ABOUT HIS STORY.
>> MATT WAS FOR -- OUR YOUNGEST
00:08:03SON.
HE WAS 21 WHEN HE PASSED AWAY.
00:08:05HE HAD BEEN IN SCHOOL AND SCHOOL
WAS A CHALLENGE FOR HIM BUT HE
00:08:12PLAYED SPORTS AND HE WAS A
TREMENDOUS BASEBALL LAYER AND
00:08:13SOCCER PLAYER.
REALLY ENJOYED THAT.
00:08:16HE SUFFERED WITH ATTENTION
DEFICIT DISORDER AND THAT CAUSED
00:08:20HIM SOME ANXIETY.
SO HE BEGAN HIS FIRST YEAR IN
00:08:24COLLEGE, HE WAS TAKING PILLS
THAT WERE OFFERED TO HIM THAT
00:08:28LED DOWN THAT ROAD TO OPIATE
ADDICTION.
00:08:32HE CAME TO US IN APRIL OF MONEY
12 AND TOLD US HE HAD A PROBLEM.
00:08:39WE IMMEDIATELY PUT HIM INTO A
REHAB FACILITY WHERE HE SPENT 19
00:08:44DAYS.
HE GOT OUT ON MAY 10 OF 2012.
00:08:47ON MAY 11, THE NEXT DAY, THE
FOLLOWING DAY WHICH WAS A FRIDAY
00:08:53MORNING, HE DIED OF A HEROIN
OVERDOSE.
00:08:54>> DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA BEFORE
HE CAME TO YOU THAT HE WAS NOT
00:08:59ONLY DEALING WITH A DRUG
ADDICTION PROBLEM, BUT A VERY
00:09:04SERIOUS ONE?
REX WE KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN
00:09:07DABBLING IN OPIATES AND PILLS
AND WE HAD TAKEN HIM TO HIS
00:09:10DOCTOR AND GOTTEN SOME HELP, WE
THOUGHT, FOR HIM.
00:09:13HE DID NOT TELL US UNTIL
MID-APRIL THAT HE WAS TAKING
00:09:17HEROIN AND NEEDED HELP SO HE
CAME TO US.
00:09:18HE LIFTED HOME, HE HAD A JOB, HE
WAS NOT IN TROUBLE.
00:09:22HE WAS FULLY FUNCTIONING AND WE
ARE AN INTACT FAMILY.
00:09:27WE HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS GOING
ON.
00:09:28IT WAS A TOTAL SHOCK TO US.
>> I WANT TO TURN TO YOU,
00:09:33DIRECTOR PLOUCK.
WHEN YOU KNEW HE HAD BEEN
00:09:40DIAGNOSED, THIS IS HOW IT STARTS
FOR SOME KIDS, THAT THEY HAVE A
00:09:46DIAGNOSED ILLNESS.
>> THERE IS LESS IDEA OF MENTAL
00:09:48ILLNESS AND KIDS MEDICATING AND
ADULTS MEDICATING TO GET AWAY
00:09:53FROM THAT.
THERE IS A CONNECTION.
00:09:54MUCH OF THIS IS ABOUT YOUNG
PEOPLE HAVING THE CONFIDENCE TO
00:10:04NOT USE DRUGS AND SOMETIMES IT
IS PEER PRESSURE AND SOMETIMES
00:10:07MAYBE THEY HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBED
SOMETHING PERSONALLY THAT THEY
00:10:11CONTINUE BEYOND THE LENGTH OF
TIME THEY WOULD NEED TO RECOVER
00:10:13FROM THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE.
PART OF THE THRUST OF START
00:10:20TALKING IS TO IDENTIFY THOSE
RESILIENCY OR SELF-CONFIDENCE
00:10:23SKILLS AND BUILD ON THOSE SO
THEY CAN RECOGNIZE WHEN THEY ARE
00:10:27CONFRONTED WITH THAT KIND OF
PRESSURE, THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT
00:10:31CHOICE TO MAKE. AND BEING
COMFORTABLE TALKING WITH ADULTS
00:10:35IN THEIR LIVES ABOUT MAKING THE
RIGHT CHOICES.
00:10:37>> THE ONE THING WE KEEP HEARING
IS THAT RESEARCH SHOWS HERE TO
00:10:43TALK TO PARENTS AND OTHER ADULTS
ARE 50% LESS LIKELY TO USE
00:10:46DRUGS.
I AM WONDERING IF THAT IS THE
00:10:49CASE, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO
KIDS FOR -- ABOUT DRUGS FOR
00:10:51YEARS.
WHY DO WE STILL HAVE THIS
00:10:55PROBLEM AND HOW IS THIS START
TALKING! PROGRAM GOING TO HELP?
00:11:06REX THEY BE FOR SOME PEOPLE IT
IS AN ADULT THAT PROVIDES
00:11:12STABILITY.
IN MANY CASES THEY WERE
00:11:15DISCUSSIONS ABOUT NOT USING
DRUGS AND THE DANGERS OF DRUGS.
00:11:19THIS IS NOT EVER GOING TO
PREVENT ALL TRAGEDIES FROM
00:11:24OCCURRING BUT I THINK THE MORE
TOOLS WE CAN PUT IN THE HANDS OF
00:11:27PARENTS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE
OPENING UP A CONVERSATION.
00:11:32IT IS AWKWARD.
IT IS NOT NATURAL.
00:11:34WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO
SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE KNOW!
00:11:44PROJECT IS PARENTS WILL HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HAVE SOME TALKING
00:11:47POINTS ON HOW TO OPEN UP
CONVERSATIONS BY DIFFERENT
00:11:50TOPICS RELATED TO DRUGS.
IT IS EASY AND QUICK AND FREE.
00:11:54THIS IS NOT MEANT TO REPLACE
ANYTHING LIKE A DARE PROGRAM OR
00:11:57OTHER THINGS THAT ARE WORKING IN
TRINITY BUT IT IS ANOTHER SET OF
00:12:00TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX FOR
FAMILIES.
00:12:01>> WANT TO ASK YOU, PAUL, YOUR
KIDS WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN AND
00:12:08GROWN UP IN THE JUST SAY NO AIR.
THEY STARTED THE DARE PROGRAM
00:12:13AND ALL THESE THINGS, HOW DO YOU
THINK THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP
00:12:15OTHER PARENTS WHO MAY HAVE HEARD
THESE MESSAGES FOR MANY YEARS
00:12:18BUT REALLY NEED MORE?
>> I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE START
00:12:25TALKING! PROGRAM.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FACETS
00:12:37IS THE KNOW! PROJECT.
WE DID NOT KNOW THAT HOW
00:12:47DANGEROUS THEY WERE.
THIS IS NOT LIKE SOME OTHER
00:12:48DRUGS, OPIATES ARE FATAL.
AND THERE IS NO GOOD AND TO
00:12:56THOSE THINGS.
IT IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
00:12:57THAT WE TALK TO OUR KIDS WITH
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE OPIATES
00:13:02BECAUSE IT IS TRULY A
LIFE-AND-DEATH SITUATION.
00:13:05IN OUR CASE IT TOOK THE LIFE OF
OUR SON.
00:13:08>> DO YOU FEEL THAT PARENTS ARE
READY TO TALK ABOUT THE SERIOUS
00:13:12ISSUES AND TALK ABOUT DRUGS LIKE
HEROIN, PEOPLE HAVE A PERCEPTION
00:13:16OF HEROIN OF BEING A CERTAIN
DRUG DEFINED BY CERTAIN USERS
00:13:21BUT OBVIOUSLY IT IS ALL AROUND
THE STATE AND IT CROSSES ALL
00:13:23SORTS OF BOUNDARIES.
>> I THINK WHAT IS GREAT IS THE
00:13:27FACT THAT WE ARE GETTING SO MUCH
PUBLICITY ABOUT THE DANGER OF
00:13:30HEROIN AND OPIATES WHICH WE HAD
NOT HAD UNTIL THE LAST TWO
00:13:35YEARS.
WE SEE A REAL LARGE RESURGENCE
00:13:39OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO
00:13:42BE ABLE TO TALK BUT TO HAVE THE
KNOWLEDGE TO TALK INTELLIGENTLY
00:13:46WITH THEIR KIDS.
KIDS KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND
00:13:48THEY KNOW WHERE TO BUY DRUGS AND
HAD TO GET THEM AND THEY KNOW A
00:13:50LOT MORE THAN PARENTS DO.
THEY NEED THAT REINFORCEMENT
00:13:54FROM HOME TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO
SAY NO.
00:13:57AND TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND
THE FACT THAT KIDS ARE DYING AND
00:14:04-- AT AN EVER-INCREASING RATE
FROM THESE DRUGS.
00:14:07>> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
HISTORICALLY WITH ADDICTION IS
00:14:10THE STIGMA THAT IS ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT.
00:14:12FAMILIES MAY BE ASHAMED IF THEY
FIND OUT THAT A YOUNG PERSON IS
00:14:17USING DRUGS OR THEY MAY BE
UNAWARE THAT IT COULD EVEN
00:14:24OCCUR.
IT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN MY
00:14:25NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE AND AFFLUENT FAMILY, THAT
00:14:29SORT OF THING.
ANOTHER COMPONENT IS THE VIDEO.
00:14:31IT IS CALLED PARENTS 360RX.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE USING
00:14:44PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ALL OVER THE
STATE.
00:14:46AND IT CAN BE A PROBLEM IN ANY
HOUSEHOLD IN ANY COMMUNITY.
00:14:48SO THE VIDEO IS AVAILABLE AND
ANYONE CAN WATCH IT ON LINE AS
00:14:58YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THIS
WITH MEMBERS OF YOUR CHURCH
00:15:02GROUP.
THAT IS A RESOURCE TO SHED LIGHT
00:15:03ON THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT JUST
THE STIGMA OF AN IMPOVERISHED
00:15:08AREA OR A VERY URBAN AREA.
A KID BE ANYWHERE.
00:15:12>> YOU MENTIONED POVERTY AND
WHILE THERE IS A CONNECTION WITH
00:15:16MENTAL ILLNESS, THERE IS
DEFINITELY A POVERTY CONNECTION.
00:15:18HOW DO YOU REACH POPULATIONS WHO
ARE IN POVERTY WHO ARE
00:15:22STRUGGLING WITH SO MANY ISSUES,
HOW DO YOU REACH THEM ABOUT THIS
00:15:25TOO?
REX THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
00:15:27NETWORK IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE
OF A LACK OF RESOURCES.
00:15:31AND -- IN AREAS WHERE INCOMES
ARE LOW THIS COULD BE A
00:15:36PARTICULAR CONCERN BECAUSE THERE
MAY NOT BE A LOCAL LEVY FOR
00:15:43BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR ANY NUMBER
OF REASONS.
00:15:44WE ACTUALLY ARE ABOUT TO AWARD
$1.6 MILLION IN GRANTS TO
00:15:51COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE IS A 40%
OR HIGHER PREVALENCE OF FREE AND
00:15:58REDUCED PRICE LUNCH USE.
THE PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH
00:16:03EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION
PROGRAMMING.
00:16:04EVIDENCE-BASED MEANS THAT IT HAS
BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO
00:16:10PROVIDE POSITIVE OUTCOMES.
IT WOULD-BE OUTCOMES RELATED TO
00:16:14YOUNG PEOPLE CHOOSING NOT TO USE
DRUGS.
00:16:17>> THE TOTAL OVERALL GRANTS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE, YOU SAID 1.6
00:16:23MILLION DOLLARS.
I HEARD $1 MILLION WAS AVAILABLE
00:16:24FOR CHURCH GROUPS AND SCHOOLS
AND ALL SORTS OF GROUPS ACROSS
00:16:29THE STATE.
IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH MONEY
00:16:30TO REALLY HIT ON A PROBLEM THAT
IN THE STATS I OUTLINED EARLIER
00:16:37IS REALLY A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN
OHIO?
00:16:39REX I THINK IT IS A FOUNDATIONAL
STEP FOR US.
00:16:44WE HAVE PROGRAMMING UNDER WAY IN
MANY COMMUNITIES TODAY. AND I
00:16:46THINK THIS HELPS TO INFUSE
SOMEWHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE GOT
00:16:52GAPS.
MUCH OF THE GOVERNOR'S FOCUS IN
00:16:54THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH AND
ADDICTION SERVICES IS FAUX SICK
00:16:57-- FOCUSING ON THE GAPS THAT
EXIST.
00:16:58AND WHERE WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM
PROGRAMMING THAT IS THE GREATEST
00:17:05STEP THAT WE COULD TAKE TO
REDUCE THE NEED FOR TREATMENT
00:17:07MUCH FURTHER DOWNSTREAM. >> AND
PAUL, THIS IDEA OF A STIGMA.
00:17:12DID YOU FEEL THAT THERE WAS A
STIGMA WHEN YOU WERE CONFRONTING
00:17:17THIS AND HAVING TO DO WITH THIS
DIRECTLY?
00:17:18>> WE ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE
DIFFERENT BECAUSE FROM THE
00:17:21MOMENT WE LOST MATTY, WE DECIDED
THAT OUR SON WOULD NOT DIE IN
00:17:29VAIN.
THAT WE WOULD STAND UP.
00:17:30AT WHATEVER PERSONAL COST TO US
AS A FAMILY.
00:17:36TO HOPEFULLY HELP PREVENT JUST
ONE WAS OUR GOAL.
00:17:43WE DO A LOT OF SPEAKING AND WORD
-- WORK. OUR GOAL IS TO SAVE
00:17:50ONE.
WE ARE WILLING TO STAND UP AND
00:17:51SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, WE LOVED OUR
SON AND HE HAD A DISEASE.
00:17:55IT WAS NOT A CHOICE.
AND IT TOOK HIS LIFE AND WE WANT
00:17:57TO DO THAT -- ALL THAT WE CAN TO
HELP OTHERS AVOID THE TERRIBLE
00:18:03TRAGEDY THAT IT HAS CAUSED OUR
FAMILY AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE
00:18:06EXCITED ABOUT BEING PART OF THE
"START TALKING!" PROGRAM.
00:18:12THERE ARE COMMUNITIES ORGANIZED
IN FIGHTING THE BATTLE.
00:18:17"START TALKING!" WILL BRING
THOSE COALITIONS TOGETHER AND WE
00:18:23CAN FIGHT THIS WITH ONE VOICE.
NOTE TO REGULAR STRONG ENOUGH TO
00:18:25STAND UP AGAINST FAMILIES AND
PARENTS AND SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES
00:18:30THAT ARE ORGANIZED TO RID OUR
PROBLEM OUT OF OUR SOCIETY.
00:18:34THAT IS THE ONLY WAY IT WILL BE
DONE.
00:18:35AND THE GOVERNOR AND THE
DIRECTOR.
00:18:41WE ARE HAPPY -- LUCKY TO HAVE
THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
00:18:46>> FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE IN THE
POSITION YOU WERE IN, HE MIGHT
00:18:50BE WONDERING, MY KID CANNOT GET
DRUGS, HOW WOULD YOU GET DRUGS?
00:18:52IN SOME PARTS OF OHIO, DRUGS ARE
EASIER TO GET FOR KIDS THAN BEER
00:18:59IS.
HOW DID YOUR SON ACCESS THESE
00:19:02DRUGS?
IS THE PROBLEM A LOT BIGGER THAN
00:19:05A LOT OF PARENTS ARE SEEING?
>> ANY YOUNG PERSON WITH A CELL
00:19:08PHONE COULD FIND OUT HOW TO GET
HEROIN DELIVERED TO THEM IN
00:19:13THEIR LOCATION WITHIN AN HOUR.
IT IS DELIVERED LIKE PIZZA.
00:19:15I HAVE DEVELOPED A SYSTEM OF
DELIVERY.
00:19:21IT IS TRULY FRIGHTENING.
HOW IT IS PUT INTO OUR SOCIETY
00:19:27AND IT HAS MOVED SO QUICKLY.
THE POLICE CANNOT ARREST THEIR
00:19:30WAY OUT OF THE PROBLEM.
THEY CANNOT STOP IT.
00:19:33THEY NEED OUR HELP.
IT IS A MATTER OF FAMILIES
00:19:35JOINING TOGETHER AND TALKING TO
THEIR KIDS AND WORKING HARD,
00:19:40GETTING AN EDUCATION, WATCHING
THINGS LIKE THEY ARE PARENTS
00:19:51PROGRAM.
WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE
00:19:521970'S, WE DID NOT DO HEROINE
BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO BE A
00:19:57TOOTHLESS, HOMELESS MAN WALKING
THE STREETS OF NEW YORK.
00:20:00THAT IS THE PICTURE WE HAD OF
HEROIN.
00:20:04WE THOUGHT WE DO NOT FIT THE
PROFILE WHEN WE FOUND OUT OUR
00:20:07SON WAS ON HEROIN.
THE PROFILE IS SUBURBAN KIDS,
00:20:11GOOD KIDS FROM GOOD FAMILIES ARE
BEING AFFLICTED AS MUCH AS
00:20:14ANYBODY.
THE HEROIN DEALERS, THE DRUGS DO
00:20:19NOT KNOW ANY RACE OR COLOR, THEY
DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY YOU
00:20:22HAVE, THEY DO NOT CARE.
>> PAUL MENTIONED THAT
00:20:26LAW-ENFORCEMENT CANNOT ARREST
ITS WAY OUT OF THIS CHALLENGE
00:20:27AND I THINK TRYING TO
COMMUNICATE SOME SIMPLE TIPS FOR
00:20:30SAFEGUARDING.
GRANDPARENTS WHO HAVE THEIR PAIN
00:20:36MEDICATIONS IN THEIR UNLOCKED
MEDICINE CABINETS, JUST A LITTLE
00:20:38EDUCATION TO SAY IT MIGHT NEVER
OCCUR TO YOU THAT YOUR GRANDSON
00:20:42MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SOME
EXPERIMENTATION OR A FRIEND OF
00:20:48YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER.
IT MIGHT NOT BE INTUITIVE TO
00:20:54WATCH OUT FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
EVEN SIMPLE TIPS LIKE THAT I
00:20:56THINK COULD HELP CONTROL SOME OF
THE SUPPLY CHALLENGE WITHIN
00:21:03COMMUNITIES.
>> YOU ARE SAYING PSA'S ALL
00:21:04ACROSS ALL SORTS OF BROADCAST
MEDIA TALKING ABOUT THAT.
00:21:09NOT JUST FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION
BUT FROM A VARIETY OF
00:21:12ORGANIZATIONS TALKING ABOUT
SPECIFICALLY HERE IS WHERE IT
00:21:15CAN START.
I WANT TO ASK YOU TOO, THERE IS
00:21:21THIS MOVEMENT IN SEVERAL STATES
ON MARIJUANA.
00:21:22AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
THERE MAY BE A MEDICAL MARIJUANA
00:21:26BALLOT FACING OHIOANS THIS FALL.
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:21:31APPARENT GROWING ACCEPTANCE OF
MARIJUANA AS YOU ARE TRYING TO
00:21:35DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM, SOME
PEOPLE FEEL MARIJUANA IS A EIGHT
00:21:39WAY DRUG.
>> I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT
00:21:41MARIJUANA IS A GATEWAY DRUG.
LEGALIZING ITS USE FOR ANY
00:21:43PURPOSE IS A HUGE PROBLEM AS FAR
AS SENDING MESSAGES TO OUR YOUNG
00:21:49PEOPLE AND WORKFORCE.
IT COMPLICATES WORK
00:21:56CIRCUMSTANCES AND WE DO NOT
CONDONE SMOKING.
00:21:57THAT IS ANOTHER ANGLE HERE THAT
I THINK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
00:22:01WE ARE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THE
LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA.
00:22:09IT ABSOLUTELY IS A GATEWAY.
>> THE GOVERNOR TALKS ABOUT DRUG
00:22:12ADDICTION AND MEDICAID
EXPANSION, MORE THAN WE HAVE
00:22:17HEARD FROM MANY REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS.
00:22:18HE SAID MEDICAID EXPANSION HE
WANTED TO DO THAT, ONE REASON
00:22:21WAS PEOPLE WHO NEED DRUG
ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH
00:22:25SERVICES GET THEM.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A SPOKESPERSON
00:22:30FOR THE CAMPAIGN BUT YOU'RE PART
OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
00:22:32IS THIS CAM -- OR IS THIS A
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY OR WHERE IS HE
00:22:36ON THIS ISSUE?
>> THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO
00:22:44TRANSFORM THE STATE'S ABILITY TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FAMILIES AND
00:22:47WORKERS AND I WANT TO SHARE ONE
STORY THAT I THINK IS RELEVANT
00:22:50TO YOUR QUESTION.
EARLIER THIS WEEK WE MET WITH
00:22:52SOME FOLKS FROM NORTHWEST OHIO.
THEY HAVE TRIED TO GET AS MANY
00:22:58PEOPLE ENROLLED IN MEDICAID AS
POSSIBLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE AS A
00:23:00RESULT OF EXPANSION AND THEY
EXPECT TO SAVE HUNDREDS OF
00:23:04THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF STATE
RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING SPENT
00:23:06FOR PHARMACY SERVICES AND THEN
THEY CAN TURN AROUND AND INVEST
00:23:12THOSE DOLLARS AND OTHER KINDS OF
GAPS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND
00:23:16ADDICTION SERVICES LOCALLY.
THAT IS A REAL-LIFE EXAMPLE OF
00:23:20TRANSFORMATION THAT IS OCCURRING
BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP
00:23:22RELATED TO MEDICAID AND I THINK
THE VERY POSITIVE INTEREST IN
00:23:27MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION.
>> AND FINALLY, PAUL, YOU HAVE
00:23:30BEEN TRAVELING THE STATE TALKING
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND TALKING
00:23:34ABOUT YOUR LOSS.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO MEET PEOPLE,
00:23:37PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN YOUR
CIRCUMSTANCES WHO LOST CHILDREN
00:23:39WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR
OWN ADDICTION OR THEIR
00:23:43CHILDREN'S ADDICTION, WHAT HAS
IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?
00:23:45>> IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING ON
SEVERAL FRONTS.
00:23:48ONE, THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM IS
SO MUCH LARGER THAN WE EVER
00:23:52THOUGHT IT WAS.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY
00:24:00PEOPLE HAVE COME UP TO US THAT
OUR FRIENDS OF OURS OR SEEK US
00:24:05OUT SAYING ADDICTION IS IN MY
FAMILY.
00:24:06IT IS AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER.
I SPEAK A LOT AT REHAB CENTERS.
00:24:15I HEAR THE SAME STORIES FROM
FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR KIDS
00:24:19WHO ARE IN REHAB.
THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
00:24:20I SPEAK AND I TELL PEOPLE IT IS
MOST IMPORTANT ONE I GET TO
00:24:28SPEAK TO THESE PATIENTS WHO ARE
IN REHAB BATTLING ADDICTION.
00:24:30EVEN MORE SO, WHAT I'LL IS TRY
TO TELL PEOPLE THE MATTER WHAT
00:24:37HAPPENS IS TO THE YOUNG ADDICTS
ESPECIALLY UNDER 25 WHERE I SEE
00:24:43A LOT OF FOLKS.
AS LONG AS YOU HAVE BREATH, YOU
00:24:46HAVE HOPE.
AND SO OUR MESSAGE IS WE TRY TO
00:24:49BE -- WE TRY TO SHARE OUR STORY.
IT HAD A SAD ENDING SO FAR.
00:24:55BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WILL SEE
MATCH AGAIN SOMEDAY.
00:24:58WE HAVE TRIED TO TELL PEOPLE
ONCE AGAIN THERE IS HOPE AND
00:25:04THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SURVIVE
THIS AND MAKE IT OUT.
00:25:05YOU CAN HOPEFULLY CHOOSE TO LIVE
DRUG-FREE.
00:25:08IT IS HARD TO FIGHT THAT BATTLE
AREA DO NOT LOSE HOPE.
00:25:17>> I AM SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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