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From YouTube: Helping Heroes News Conference 050923
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announces a partnership with Walmart to help first responders fight the opioid crisis.
A
As
you
can
see,
I
have
a
lot
of
folks
up
here
that
were
interested
in
joining
me
today
to
recognize
and
highlight
for
our
State
national
fentanyl
awareness
day
and
just
if
you'll
give
me
a
moment,
I
would
like
to
recognize
some
of
them
that
are
with
us.
Today
we
have
Clearwater
chief
of
police,
Daniel,
Slaughter,
Gulfport,
chief
of
police,
Robert
Vincent
was
going
to
be
here,
I,
don't
think
he
could
make
it
go:
Port
fire
chief
Renee,
Fernandez,
Pinellas,
Park,
chief
of
police,
Michael
Hayworth.
A
We
also
have
a
a
council
member
Kathleen
Beckman
vice
mayor
Mark,
Berker
and
council
member
Lina.
Texiera
did
I
get
that
hello,
don't
tell
her
and
we're
just
so
grateful
to
everyone
here.
We
also
have
John
kleinfelder
Mike,
kovacsv,
Mark
Rowley,
who
will
Mark
Rowley
will
be
speaking.
He
drove
all
the
way
here
from
Jacksonville.
A
I
can
speak
for
myself,
and
probably
everybody
standing
up
here
with
me.
We
have
all
met,
worked
with
encountered,
someone
who
has
lost
a
loved
one
to
opioid
overdose,
and
it
is
really
tragic,
but
we
all
Stand
United
here
today
and
and
recognizing
the
importance
of
this
day
and
and
highlighting
for
all
of
our
citizens.
A
We
are
living
in
a
new
time,
a
new
age
where
we
have
a
poison
and
such
volumes
that
is
so
potent
within
our
nation
that
we
have
to
adjust
and
fight
it.
Accordingly,
the
latest
data
nationally
showed
that
more
than
a
hundred
thousand
Americans
died
in
one
year's
time
due
to
drug
overdose,
and
that
is
skyrocketing.
We
do
not
see
that
slowing
down.
There
was
also
a
report
released
last
week
that
showed
the
number
of
fentanyl
overdose
deaths
Nationwide
more
than
tripled
over
the
last
five
years.
A
We
know
fentanyl
is
the
number
one
killer
of
Americans
aged
18
to
45.,
and
we
are
finding
this
deadly
synthetic
and
Other
Drugs
at
rapid
rates,
and
that
is
why
you
will
hear
us
often
saying
one
pill
will
kill.
The
DEA
said
recently,
six
out
of
ten
pills
that
were
confiscated
had
a
lethal
dose
of
Fentanyl.
A
We
know
the
only
way
we
will
have
a
Fighting
Chance
at
keeping
people
alive
is,
if
those
that
are
struggling
with
an
opioid
dependency,
seek
help,
they
can
go
to
treatment
atlas.org
to
find
where
to
get
help.
It's
never
been
more
important
if
you
are
struggling,
because
now
this
fentanyl
can
be
laced
in
drugs
that
we
never
saw
it
in
before,
and
it
is
now
showing
up
more
and
more
routinely
and
can
have
a
fatal
effect
on
those
who
take
a
drug
that
they
may
have
taken
for
some
time.
A
But
today
we're
here
to
announce
a
new
initiative
and
that
will
help
Supply
our
First
Responders
paramedics,
police,
firefighters,
with
naloxone
throughout
the
state
of
Florida.
We
are
going
to
make
sure
that
it
is
not
only
provided
an
increased
amount,
but
that
it
is
done
at
Walmart
locations
throughout
our
state
and
we're
going
to
do
that
through
the
helping
Heroes
program
and
through
this
partnership
with
Walmart
who
has
agreed
to
help
get
these
life-saving
medication
in
the
hands
of
our
First
Responders
over
the
next
10
years.
A
We
will
make
sure
that
those
registered
agencies
and
those
that
serve
them
can
go
into
Walmart,
show
their
identification
and
get
a
replenishment
of
that
drug
from
those
participating
stores
and,
as
I
stated
before,
this
is
important
more
important
now
than
it
was
even
just
a
few
years
ago.
The
numbers
show
now
that,
just
here
in
Florida,
we
lose
23
people
a
day
to
opioid
related
overdose
deaths,
and
much
of
that
is
due
to
Fentanyl.
A
We
know
that,
right
now
there
is
enough
fentanyl
in
our
nation
to
kill
the
entire
U.S
population
many
times
over.
That's
just
the
sheer
volume
that
has
made
its
way
into
our
nation
right
now.
Some
Reports
say
that
there
are
700
000
people
waiting
to
rush
into
our
nation
in
just
two
days
when
title
42
expires
and
regardless
of
your
opinion
on
migration
immigration,
the
policies
that
have
been
implemented
over
the
last
two
years
that
have
broken
down
that
that
structure
and
that
safety
at
the
border.
A
A
So
those
behind
me
who
are
already
facing
an
a
challenge
that
that
grips
them
daily,
that
they
have
to
fight
daily
to
save
lives
that
may
get
worse,
and
so
today
it
is
so
important
that
we
recognize
not
only
this
new
program,
helping
Heroes
that
we're
increasing
the
amount
of
naloxone
available
in
our
state.
We're
increasing
the
locations
in
which
it
will
be
available,
but
we
also
highlight
the
heroic
efforts
of
those
standing
behind
me
that
are
saving
lives.
Every
day
we
have
with
us
today
a
lifesaver,
a
true
hero,
a
Shiro.
A
A
It's
important
to
me,
as
attorney
general,
that
our
First
Responders
know
that
not
only
I,
as
attorney
general,
our
office,
but
all
of
Florida
has
their
backs
doing.
That
means
we're
giving
them
the
tools
and
the
resources
to
do
their
jobs,
and
it's
my
hope
that
this
new
program,
helping
Heroes,
will
do
just
that.
Every
life
that
they
save
helps
us
maintain
a
strong
and
safe
state.
B
A
We
just
commend
him
for
a
life
of
service
to
this
city.
This
County
certainly
I,
have
known
him
as
a
friend
and
the
head
hero
here
in
Clearwater
and
we're
just
so
grateful
for
your
lifetime
of
service.
Congratulations
on
your
retirement,
although
the
city
of
Clearwater
is
not
losing
him,
he
is
going
on
to
great
things
in
in
management
for
the
city,
so
Chief
if
you'll
come
on
up.
Thank
you.
B
B
B
Both
are
real
stories
about
real
people.
Both
are
real
life.
Examples
of
people
who
were
saved
by
naloxone
administered
by
Public,
Safety
professionals
we
haven't,
walked
in
everyone's
shoes
and
so
I,
don't
believe
it's
appropriate
for
us
to
be
judgmental
and
how
people
found
themselves
suffering
from
addiction,
whether
they
were
a
victim
of
a
violent
crime
or
received
treatment
from
a
serious
injury
and
got
addicted
through
pain,
medication,
or
maybe
a
child
that
grew
up
in
an
environment
with
addiction
or
even
worse,
abuse.
B
What
we
choose
to
focus
on
in
public
safety
is
saving
lives
and
the
49
year
old,
mother
or
the
parent
of
the
10
year
old.
That
I
mentioned
have
a
chance,
thanks
to
naloxone,
to
beat
addiction
to
beat
addiction.
They
have
to
survive
it,
and
that
is
what
this
steady
stream
of
supply
of
naloxone
is
critical
to
helping
us
in
law
enforcement
and
Emergency
Medical
Services
do
I
can't
thank
the
Attorney
General
Ashley
Moody
enough
for
always
always
supporting
Public
Safety
and
making
this
opioid
reversing
agent
available.
B
I
also
want
to
thank
the
Walmart
Organization
for
working
with
the
attorney
general
to
make
this
happen.
Many
families
have
members
who
are
fighting
with
addiction,
and
many
of
the
families
have
members
who
have
beaten
addiction,
I
hope
to
give
every
opportunity
for
those
people
to
beat
addiction,
praying
that
the
years
down
the
road,
the
family
will
celebrate
a
Thanksgiving
dinner
or
a
weekly
spaghetti
night,
and
they
will
look
across
the
table
and
be
just
grateful
that
they
have
the
company
of
the
loved
one
that
beat
addiction
attorney
general
I
appreciate
everything.
B
You've
done
to
start
a
family
down
a
path
of
healing
and
those
family
members
may
not
know
what
you
have
done
here
today
and
the
role
you
have
played
in
the
recovery
process
or
all
of
the
work
you've
done
in
your
career.
But
your
friends
of
Public
Safety
do
and
to
kind
of
put
a
face
to
a
real
life
scenario.
I'd
like
to
ask
a
corporate
Corporal
Ashley
hinkenbein
to
come
up
and
talk
about
a
real
scenario:
life
that
a
real
life
scenario
that.
C
Hi
I'm
Corporal
Ashley
hinkybein
I'm,
like
that
you
said
boots
on
the
ground
in
May
of
last
year,
another
officer
and
I
were
on
routine
Patrol
will
call
it
and
a
couple.
9-1-1
Hang-Ups
came
out
from
a
street
nearby
where
we
were
at
and
we
had
absolutely
no
information
just
an
address
and
me
and
the
other
officer
turned
down.
We
saw
a
female
doing
what
we
believe
was.
She
was
trying
to
do
chest
compressions
on
a
man.
He
was
laying
in
the
middle
of
the
road
next
to
a
car.
C
So
me
and
the
other
officer
jump
out.
The
other
officer
immediately
recognizes
and
he
needed
CPR
I
administered,
one
dose
of
Narcan
we're
waiting
for
fire
and
paramedics,
because
we
were
just
the
first
ones
there
and
we
had
to
wait
several
minutes
for
them
to
get
there
and
I
think
had
I
not
had
that
tool
available
to
me.
Maybe
that
could
have
made
the
difference
between
this
man
surviving.
So
I
just
wanted
to
share
that.
E
E
It
is
frustrating
that
takes
its
emotional
toll
on
all
of
us.
They
continued
exposure
to
those
who
overdose
can
cause
us
to
develop
negative
attitudes
about
people
not
just
their
behavior
but
of
the
individuals
themselves.
This
is
compassion
fatigue,
which
is
inherent
in
Insidious,
job-related
Hazard
for
law
enforcement
officers,
firefighters,
EMTs
and
paramedics.
E
E
They
are
the
reason
I'm
haunted
by
the
cries
from
parents
pleading
as
I
arrive
on
scene.
Please
help
hurry,
do
something
the
overwhelming
prevalence
of
opioids
in
our
country
does
not
allow
me
to
follow
these
voices
of
of
attitude
of
disinterest
or
the
voices
of
ignorance
about
the
ravages
of
addiction.
Instead,
my
team
and
I.
E
I
soon
discovered
a
man
unconscious
23
years
old,
lying
on
the
floor,
his
skin
pale
lips
blew
barely
breathing.
His
grandmother
runs
in
screaming.
Oh
no
he's
done.
Drugs
I
immediately
ran
in
my
car
and
retrieved.
My
nasal
naloxone
from
my
glove
box
within
a
minute
of
administering
Nina
lock
shown
his
breathing
and
skin
color
began
to
improve
because
the
closest
fire
station
was
already
out
on
another
call.
E
Naloxone
gave
this
young
man
a
second
chance
and
I'm
no
longer
suffering
from
compassion
fatigue,
because
this
drug
allowed
me
and
continues
to
allow
me
and
all
of
us
up
here
to
be
in
the
business
of
giving
people
a
second
chance
of
third
chance,
a
fourth,
maybe
even
a
14th
chance.
The
helping
Heroes
program
will
help
ensure
that
First
Responders
will
always
have
access
to
this
life-saving
drug
and
those
parents
screams.
E
A
A
F
A
Yes,
and
thank
you
for
that
question-
and
he
is-
was
not
put
up
to
that,
but
I
appreciate
it
because,
as
attorney
general
who
had
a
hand
in
the
fight
against
opioid
manufacturers,
Distributors
Pharmacy
litigated
that
historic
case
brought
over
three
billion
dollars
into
Florida.
To
combat
the
crisis.
A
We
were
also
able,
through
those
efforts
to
secure
product
in
the
form
of
naloxone,
from
some
of
those
within
that
litigation,
and
as
part
of
that,
however,
as
you
know,
we
can
push
to
secure
a
product,
but
we
have
to
have
a
program,
a
facilitation
of
distribution
and
then
storage
when
it
is
a
product
like
naloxone.
Thankfully,
Walmart
was
willing
to
step
up.
A
They
have
coordinated
with
their
stores
with
their
employees
and
with
our
office
to
make
sure
that
they
can
distribute
and
store
that
for
our
First
Responders,
and
they
have
already
started
working
with
those
agencies
and
officers
that
need
this
so
desperately
within
certain
communities
to
supply
that,
and
so
that
is
how
that
is
happening.
And
we
are
grateful
to
Walmart
for
working
so
diligently
to
get
this
up
and
running
in
such
a
short
period
of
time.
F
A
Again,
a
great
question:
thank
you
for
asking
so
I
mentioned
before
how
important
the
drug
naloxone
was.
That's
an
opioid
antagonist
that
interferes
with
receptors.
It
can
keep
a
person
from
overdosing.
In
some
instances,
you've
got
to
make
sure
that
the
product
can
get
into
the
hands
of
each
individual
officer.
And
how
does
that
happen?
So
we
can
push
for
product
to
be
made
available.
We
can
buy
it
in
volumes.
We
can
push
to
have
the
manufacturers
give
it
to
us,
but
we
then
have
to
facilitate.
How
do
we
distribute
it
throughout
the
state?
A
How
do
we
get
it
into
the
hands
of
the
agencies
or
directly
into
the
hands
of
the
officers
through
the
department
of
help?
We
have
Heroes
grants
where
agencies
can
apply
and
get
in
naloxone
supplied
to
their
agencies.
This
is
an
overlay
program
that
will
allow
Walmart
stores
throughout
the
State
of
Florida
to
give
the
product
directly
to
the
officer.
So,
sadly,
you
will
hear
instances
where
a
first
responder
will
administer
a
dose.
They
could
save
a
life.
A
F
A
I
will
finish
this
what's
so
important
about
this,
and
why
I'm
so
grateful
to
Walmart
is
that
this
will
allow
that
officer
on
the
street
Saves
a
Life
administers
a
dose
can
go
right
to
the
Walmart.
That's
participating,
show
them
their
badge.
They
get
a
replenishment
they're
right
back
on
the
on
the
job
saving
lives.
So
thank
you
for
that
question.
You
did
a
much
better
job
of
laying
out
the
program
than
I
did
in
my
initial
presentation.
So
thank
you
very
much
any
other
questions.
D
A
Dose
I
can
answer
that
and
you
can
add
on
if
you'd
like
Chief,
so
this
is
a
Statewide
program,
the
helping
Heroes
program
just
to
put
it
in
perspective.
In
one
year's
time
in
2022,
over
50
000
doses
of
Narcan
were
administered
in
this
program.
We
expect
that
we
will
double
that
number
in
dosages
available
throughout
the
state
and
the
accessibility
to
officers
while
they
are
on
shift,
will
improve.
A
B
Rapid
access
to
it
you've
heard
a
story
from
Ashley
I
think
of
mine
already
had
she
did
what
she
did.
She
needed
another
Supply.
We
can
get
her
back
on
the
road
with
another
Supply
and
not
have
to
sit
there
for
three
minutes
with
anxiety,
wait
for
the
fire
department
to
get
there.
They
get
there
very
quickly,
but
three
minutes
is
a
long
time
when
you're
watching
somebody
die.
So
this
is
a
great
program.